On November 25th, to the satisfaction of many, Faro Beach Campsite returned to the hands of Faro City Council. After the officials regained ownership of the site from the campers who had previously inhabited it, and refused to leave for a number of months, the municipality has already approved new park regulations. The site is expected to be renovated and opened for the summer next year.
The eight young Moroccan migrants who landed in the Algarve on Wednesday this week will be hosted by the Portuguese Refugee Council (CPR) in Lisbon. The young men applied for international protection status during the early hours of today. This means that they cannot be detained for illegal immigration, the Foreigners and Border Service (SEF) have confirmed.
The “Tavira Sempre” movement is back in the news after reading out a manifesto last night during a Tavira Municipal Assembly meeting. The manifesto states that the group is “against the lack of reflection on the new bridge project over the Gilão River”.
A set of highly disputed plan to sell off gas and oil drilling rights throughout Portugal, over land and sea, has finally been scrapped.
This Wednesday morning eight young men arrived on a boat at Monte Gordo beach in the Algarve, according to Maritime Police. Commander Fernando Pereira da Fonseca revealed that all of the eight migrants are between 16 and 20 years old, and claim that they are Moroccan. They were initially taken to the local Maritime Police command Vila Real de Santo António, where they were “fed and treated because they were cold and hungry”. Later, they left the captaincy of the port of Vila Real de Santo António and are now in the custody of the Immigration and Borders Service (SEF).
The DGRM's (Directorate General for Natural Resources, Safety, and Maritime Services) approval of a mega-clam-farm covering 10 hectares in Ria Formosa has sparked opposition from ICNF and APA, following a complaint filed by the Culatra Island Residents Association (AMIC) after permission was granted for the Aquaculture Activity site to go ahead with being set up.
The Olive sector, consisting of olive harvesting and olive oil production, in Portugal is on the brink of collapse in Southern Portugal. This is due to the lack of storage capacity of the region's factories to house pomace from the mills.
A study into the stuck of sardines in Iberian waters carried out by IPMA (the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atsmosphere) and its Spanish counterpart (the Institute of Oceanography) has revealed a sharp increase in the population of sardines populating the sea.
