1st - 7th September 2017
EST 2005
Rub of the green
Future fish PHOTO CREDIT INTERNATIONAL CARNOGRAPHIC
OFFICIALS from the national government and regional councils gathered in Almeria to discuss new regulations for commercial and recreational fishing in the Mediterranean Sea. Spain is under European Union pressure to develop a sustainable fishing policy and the new measures, which include revised limits on purse seine and trawl nets, plus a June ban on fishing in depths of less than 60 metres in Almerian waters, are seen as an important step.
GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a man after residents complained about the stench emanating from his property. The 37-year-old is accused of growing cannabis in his Mojacar home. The pungent stench of his home-made farm and the chemicals he used on it became so strong that residents of the Barranco Las Pepas neigbourhood were forced to make a complaint to police. Officers attended the area and followed their noses to the property where they discovered a total of 14 marihuana plants as well as equipment used in their cultivation. The illegal vegetation was found to be hidden among legal plants in a form of camouflage police refer to as ‘guerrilla cultivation.’
PHOTO CREDIT ROBERT GREEN/FACEBOOK
That’s no herb! Guerilla growing is an increasingly popular trend.
DOWNPOUR: An unsual event.
Right as rain! MORE rain fell in Almeria last week than in the previous 50 months of August combined. An average of 50 litres of water per square metre was recorded, with climate analysts celebrating the boost for local dams and aquifiers after a period of extended drought. The downpour was so strong that state meteorological agency AEMET issued an orange weather warning across much of the province on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a yellow alert in place in other areas. Prior to the unusual event the most water that had fallen during August since 1968 was 5.2 litres per square
metre on August 30 in 2013 and 3.6 litres on August 4 and 28 in 1981. But on Tuesday 18.3 litres per square metre was recorded and this was bettered on Wednesday with 29.7 litres per square metre. Farmers have said that the rain was extremely welcome and has not damaged crops while allowing collection of water for irrigation. The Irrigation Federation of Almeria issued a statement which said that although the water deficit remains a problem, the unseasonal weather at least “offers hope of a hydrological cycle that is normal and not like the last year.”