https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's coastguard rescued all 11 crew members of a French fishing vessel Sunday after it began taking on water off the country's northwest coast, the body said. https://www.thelocal.es/20250921/spanish-coast-guard-rescues-11-from-sinking-french-fishing-boat Sun, 21 Sep 2025 16:56:54 +0200 spanish-coast-guard-rescues-11-from-sinking-french-fishing-boat "It's very tough, you make a lot of sacrifices and they don't pay you what they should," shrugs Jeronimo Martínez, a fisherman from Marin, home port of the shipwrecked Spanish trawler. https://www.thelocal.es/20220218/a-spanish-fishermans-life-on-the-high-seas-harsh-risky-and-badly-paid Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:11:05 +0100 a-spanish-fishermans-life-on-the-high-seas-harsh-risky-and-badly-paid A no-deal Brexit would deal a severe blow to the economy of Britain's Falkland Islands which is heavily dependent on squid exports -- and to Galicia in Spain where almost all of the molluscs are sent. https://www.thelocal.es/20190418/how-brexit-threatens-falklands-economyand-spanish-fishermen Thu, 18 Apr 2019 12:13:31 +0200 how-brexit-threatens-falklands-economyand-spanish-fishermen One person has died and another is missing after a Spanish fishing vessel sank off Argentina on Wednesday (July 11), but 25 crew members have been rescued, the Argentine Navy said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180712/one-dead-one-missing-as-spanish-fishing-boat-sinks-near-argentina Thu, 12 Jul 2018 12:29:14 +0200 one-dead-one-missing-as-spanish-fishing-boat-sinks-near-argentina Spanish police have arrested six people suspected of running an operation that illegally fished over 3,500 tonnes of toothfish, a protected species, in Antarctic waters, the government said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160318/spain-arrests-six-for-illegal-fishing-in-antarctica Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:37:42 +0100 spain-arrests-six-for-illegal-fishing-in-antarctica A Spanish company is turning waste plastic fished out of the Mediterranean into high-end fashion and has signed up Valenica fishermen to act as scavengers. https://www.thelocal.es/20151203/catch-of-the-day-for-spanish-fishermen-includes-plastic Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:34:51 +0100 catch-of-the-day-for-spanish-fishermen-includes-plastic Police on the Costa Brava were forced to close four beaches on Thursday after sharks were spotted in shallow waters. https://www.thelocal.es/20150703/beach-closed-after-sharks-spotted Fri, 03 Jul 2015 15:00:15 +0200 beach-closed-after-sharks-spotted Spanish fishermen in the Strait of Gibraltar have kept alive a 3,000-year-old netting tradition that brings in tuna so tasty, buyers come for it all the way from Japan. https://www.thelocal.es/20150531/ancient-technique-still-nets-worlds-best-tuna Sun, 31 May 2015 11:34:26 +0200 ancient-technique-still-nets-worlds-best-tuna Huge nets used by Spanish and Portuguese fishing fleets are creating a 'wall of death' for Britain's shark population, UK experts have warned. But a Spanish expert warns the problem may be about a lack of regulation of shark fishing. https://www.thelocal.es/20140507/britains-sharks-killed-in-wall-of-death Wed, 07 May 2014 16:34:00 +0200 britains-sharks-killed-in-wall-of-death Spain and Gibraltar have fallen out yet again, this time over a load of cement blocks. https://www.thelocal.es/20130802/spanish-fishermen-see-red-over-gibraltar-reef Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:49:00 +0200 spanish-fishermen-see-red-over-gibraltar-reef Spain and France have reached an agreement on swapping fishing quotas which will allow for Spain to fish more hake and monkfish, authorities said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130526/spain-and-france-agree-on-fishing-quota-swap Sun, 26 May 2013 11:32:00 +0200 spain-and-france-agree-on-fishing-quota-swap