According to the news available Nature Trust has demand investigation on complains from residents of Marsascala and Marsaxlokk on the high level of pollution coming from nearby fish farms. The NGO told that the situation is very serious and the authorities should not take much time to resolve the issue. The NGO also urged the government to keep to its word and continue the process of moving the tuna farms further out as sea.
Nature Trust opined that tuna penning close to our shores is having a negative impact on the coastal and marine ecology, polluting the surrounding areas and affecting tourism. Earlier the government had said that all farms would be moved further offshore; however, to date all farms – both those in the North as well as those in the South of the Islands – are still located on our shores.
Mature Trust also insisted that the government’s primary responsibility where the selling of tuna is concerned should be towards the local consumers of tuna. They often ended up paying excessive prices for the fish – if they managed to find it on sale at all – on account of the large volume of tuna exports.
