nortada
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Merchant Navy limits the navigation of sailboats up to 15 m in length between Cape Trafalgar and Barbate to avoid incidents with the Orcas.
The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma), through the Maritime Captaincy of Cádiz, dependent on the General Directorate of the Merchant Marine (DGMM), has issued a resolution restricting navigation to sailing vessels of equal or less than 15 meters between Cape Trafalgar and Barbate, in an area of approximately 2 and 9 miles from the coast.
The exclusion zone between Cape Trafalgar and Barbate is very small and it would appear that many of the incidents occurred outside this exclusion zone?
Another problem area has been further west along the Algarve coast. Both Barbate and the Algarve area have large tuna nets so is it possible that orcas have drowned in these nets so this payback time?