Tensions Rise Over Gibraltar Fishing Dispute
Un portavoz de la Unión de Oficiales de la Guardia Civil española, dijo: “Se trata de proteger a nuestros pescadores El problema se produce cuando David se enfrenta a Goliat. ”Los buques de la Guardia Civil son de 18 metros de largo y están equipados con armas ligeras, mientras que los buques de la Armada Real británica por lo menos tienen 70 metros de largo y tienen armas de guerra.
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(traducción del original en inglés x Malcolm Allison) http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16234788
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La disputa entre España y Gibraltar sobre los derechos de pesca no muestra señales de disminuir
22:08 Reino Unido, jueves 24 de mayo 2012 - Gerard Couzens, reportero de Sky News
Las tensiones entre España y el Reino Unido sobre Gibraltar han aumentado considerablemente después de que la policía española pidió la protección naval para calmar la disputa sobre la pesca alrededor de La Roca.
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Un sindicato de la policía española ha instado a Madrid a enviar sus fuerzas armadas a la plaza de la Royal Navy si se sigue tratando de impedir a los pescadores españoles echar sus redes cerca de la colonia británica.
La policía española afirmó que se enfrentan "David y Goliat" cada vez que los buques de la Armada Real inglesa ayudan a la Policía Real británica de Gibraltar (RGP).
Los guardias civiles españoles han estado recientemente involucrados en un tenso enfrentamiento con la Policía Real británica de Gibraltar y buques de apoyo de la Marina Real inglesa después de que los pescadores españoles afirmaron que habían sido impedidos de pescar.
Una nave patrullera de la guardia civil española chocó, al parecer, con un barco inglés de la RGP, aunque no hubo informes de heridos.
El Ministro del Interior de España, Jorge Fernández Díaz, insistió en que el país no sería "intimidado o humillado" por la disputa sobre la pesca.
"Nuestros barcos de pesca van a ser protegidos en todo momento y estoy seguro que vamos a llegar a un entendimiento al final.
"No vamos a aceptar la intimidación o la humillación, que estoy seguro que nadie quiere hacer que España sufra".
Se trata de proteger a nuestros pescadores. El problema se produce cuando David (España) se enfrenta a Goliat (Inglaterra).
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La Uniónde Oficiales de la Guardia Civil de España
El ministro Díaz declaró que los ingleses de la RGB de Gibraltar se habían disculpado por el incidente e insistió en que había confundido a los pescadores españoles de Algeciras con pescadores del enclave español de Ceuta en el norte de África.
Nadie de la RGP estaba disponible para hacer comentarios.
Pero el Ministro en Jefe de Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, ha condenado los hechos como "un cuidadosamente premeditado desafío a nuestra soberanía indiscutible".
Él dijo: "Aquellos que están orquestando estas confrontaciones peligrosas que entren en razón y acepten el reto, de una vez por todas, para litigar sus derechos a nuestro territorio (territorio de España) en los tribunales internacionales pertinentes."
Afirmó que la guardia civil había ignorado las repetidas advertencias de la Royal Navy para ordenar a los buques de pesca españoles abandonar las aguas territoriales británicas de Gibraltar
Los pescadores españoles - con sede en la sureña ciudad portuaria española de Algeciras, dicen que se les impide la pesca frente a la roca (El Peñon de Gibraltar) en las aguas que reclaman como propias aduciendo el incumplimiento de un acuerdo de 1999 destinado a proteger la biomasa de peces.
El Ministro en Jefe de Gibraltar, Picardo, dijo que la pesca con redes en aguas de Gibraltar es ilegal en virtud de una ley de 1991 del medio ambiente a menos que se expida una licencia. Picardo remarca que las aguas son españolas, cosa que los ingleses niegan.
Un portavoz de la Unión de Oficiales de la Guardia Civil, dijo: "Se trata de proteger a nuestros pescadores El problema se produce cuando David se enfrenta a Goliat..
"Los buques de la Guardia Civil son de 18 metros de largo y están equipados con armas ligeras, mientras que los buques de la Armada Real británica por lo menos tienen 70 metros de largo y tienen armas de guerra.
"Es como que un coche patrulla español vaya en contra de un tanque de combate inglés."
El Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de España, José Manuel García-Margallo abordará la cuestión en una reunión con su homólogo británico, William Hague, en Londres la próxima semana.
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The dispute between Spain and Gibraltar over fishing rights shows no sign of abating
10:08pm UK, Thursday May 24, 2012
Gerard Couzens, Sky News reporter
Tensions between Spain and the UK over Gibraltar have sharply increased after Spanish police demanded naval protection to defuse a fishing dispute around the Rock.
A leading police union has urged Madrid to send in its armed forces to square up to the Royal Navy if it continued to back attempts to stop Spanish fishermen casting their nets near the British colony.
The Spanish police claimed they were facing a "David and Goliath" battle every time Royal Navy vessels went to the aid of the Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP).
Civil guards have recently been involved in a tense stand-off with the RGP and Royal Navy support vessels after Spanish fishermen claimed they had been stopped from casting their nets.
A civil guard patrol boat is understood to have collided with an RGP boat, although there were no reports of any injuries.
Spain's interior minister, Jorge Fernandez Diaz, insisted the country would not be "intimidated or humilliated" over the fishing dispute.
"Our fishing vessels are going to be protected at all times and I am sure we will reach an understanding in the end.
"We're not going to accept intimidation or humiliation, which I am sure no-one wants, to make Spain suffer."
It's about protecting our fishermen. The problem occurs when David goes up against Goliath.
The Union of Civil Guard Officers
Mr Diaz claimed the RGB had apologised for the incident and insisted they had mistaken the Spanish fishermen from Algeciras for fishermen from the north African enclave of Ceuta.
No-one from the RGP was immediately available for comment.
But Gibraltar's chief minister, Fabian Picardo condemned the events as "a carefully premeditated challenge to our indisputable sovereignty."
He said: "Those who are orchestrating these dangerous confrontations need to come to their senses and accept the challenge, once and for all, to litigate their claims to our territory in the relevant international tribunals."
He claimed the civil guard had ignored repeated warnings by the Royal Navy to order the Spanish fishing vessels to leave British Gibraltar territorial waters.
The Spanish fishermen - based in the southern Spanish port city of Algeciras - say they are being prevented from fishing off the Rock in waters they claim as their own in breach of a 1999 agreement aimed at protecting fish numbers.
Mr Picardo said fishing with nets in waters Gibraltar claims as its own is outlawed under a 1991 environmental law unless a licence is issued.
A spokesman for the Union of Civil Guard Officers said: "It's about protecting our fishermen. The problem occurs when David goes up against Goliath.
"Civil guard vessels are 18 metres long and equipped with light weapons whereas Royal Navy vessels are at least 70 metres long and have military weapons.
"It's the same as a police patrol car going up against an army unit with a combat tank."
Spain's foreign minister, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo will address the issue in a meeting with his British counterpart, William Hague, in London next week.
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ALGUNOS COMENTARIOS EN INGLÉS
Posted by: Llanita on May 25, 2012 12:59 PMWhy don't you just send someone over to report the story, it takes a couple of hours to get here and see for yourself what they are doing.
We are British and wish to remain British but yet we are being harassed and Sky News cannot even be bothered to come over here.
Oh well I guess it will be another night of the Spanish fishing illegally in OUR BRITISH WATERS protected by the guardia civil and the spanish helicopter in our air space as well.
Publicado por: Llanita el 25 de mayo de 2012 12:59 PM Porqué no envian a alguien para cubrir la noticia, se necesita un par de horas para llegar allí y ver uno mismo lo que están haciendo. Somos británicos y deseamos seguir siendo británicos, pero sin embargo, estamos siendo acosados y Sky News ni siquiera se molestan en ir al sitio.Bueno, supongo que será otra noche en que los pesqueros españoles pescan ilegalmente en nuestras aguas. Para colmo están protegidos por la Guardia Civil y helicópteros españoles en nuestro espacio aéreo, en espacio aéreo inglés.
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Posted by: Vespasian on May 25, 2012 12:06 PM Time to bankrupt Spain by cancelling British holidays to the costas. Mind you, I bet the Spanish would love to see a chav-free Spain. I'd love to see a chav-free England.
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Posted by: Rooke2012 from Bungay Suffolk UK on May 25, 2012 11:59 AM "It's about protecting our fishermen. The problem occurs when David goes up against Goliath." The Union of Civil Guard Officers
What nonsense!! If anything, it's the other way round! The might of Spain harassing and bullying Gibraltar can hardly be categorised as a 'David and Goliath' contest... unless it is the complete opposite of what the Union of Civil Guard Officers are quoting! Risible rubbish!
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Posted by: juana calpe on May 25, 2012 11:28 AMGerard Couzens who wrote this article and the one on for the Daily Mail is an Independent journalist based in Spain!!! Please lets have some impartial reporting
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Posted by: Erevan1990 on May 25, 2012 11:28 AMWell the report of.a Rodman 101 was wrong. It is the Río Miño that they have brought in. This is a 50 metre patrol boat. 600tn vessel. Scimitar class is barely 24 tn. Can somebody please explain how our boys of the senior service can compete?
So British police rigid inflatables, small patrol craft and RN scimitars versus three or four 20 metre GC patrol boats each at 20+ TN and a whopping 50 metres vessel of 600 tn. is Britain waiting for a serious injury or God forbid a fatality. I suppose diplomatic apologies will be a great comfort to those concerned. Belated apologies of course
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Posted by: pablo777 on May 25, 2012 11:24 AMAnother economy in trouble, along with Argentina, Spain trying to divert the mess the country is in and who shall we blame, those naughty Brits whom spend hundres of millions within the Spanish economy.
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Posted by: johnmurdoch on May 25, 2012 10:24 AMNews Channel of the year? LOL. where did they get thais information from? Not from actual journalism. my guess is whoever wrote this looked at the spanish press and copied it form them. Get your facts right. The RN have 2 ships here and they are not 70m long, not even a third of that length! And the spanish guardia civil, they are a paramilitary force that come armed into british waters, in force and intimidate the local law enforcement with their bigger boats and firepower. The RGP are not armed and neither are the GDP. Try investigating a bit before actually writing something and get your facts right. Spain is the bully and Gibraltar are the victims but hey I guess you have already made your mind up.
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Posted by: Alan-thegibcoyote on May 25, 2012 10:11 AMI thought Sky would do a bit more homework before printing such lies. Get your facts right we have not seen a 70 metres RN ship in Gib for months. Search on line for HMS Sabre and HMS Scimiter those are the too small patrol vessels RN has in Gib.
Last night they were shadowed by the humongous Guardia Civil vessels. It is teh Guardia Civil that have the big ships and by the way fully loaded weapons much more powerful than the two RN patrol boats....basically dunky toys beside the Spanish ones.
And they have ignore blatantly RN warnings to leave British Gibraltar Territorial Waters for 4 nights running. The Argentinians are seeing this probably as a weakness from the UK navy to enforce its jurisdiction...watch out cause they might try out for Falklands also !
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Posted by: Erevan1990 on May 25, 2012 10:07 AMPlease Sky do take this into account for Gibraltar to have a 70 metres ship we would need to have a River class or upwards vessel. I think our navy has four in the UK and Falklands last I heard. I doubt that it's 20 mm gun would be confused for a machine gun.
If we.gif a River class or higher I don't think there would be incursions.
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Posted by: Erevan1990 on May 25, 2012 9:49 AMBtw... according to Spanish law their fishermen cannot fish in areas near Algeciras and other "protected" habitats in the bay. Somebody please explain why this is glossed over... same bay same waters same fish so why theirs is protected? Someone willing to journalistically investigate this?
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Royal Navy forced to intervene in Gibraltar fishing row
PUBLISHED: MAY 24, 2012 AT 5:23 PM • LAST EDITED: MAY 24, 2012 AT 5:29 PM
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Armada Inglesa quiere manejar a su antojo la pesca en Gibraltar
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Gibraltar en pie de guerra ...por presión de flota inglesa a pescadores españoles
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Gibraltad en pie de guerra por sin razon británica
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