The protesters highlighted vacationer overcrowding and an absence of city planning for having made Pollensa “one of the vital gentrified municipalities within the Balearics”. “And this straight impacts the marine ecosystems. We are actually starting to see the true ecological scale of all of the impacts on the bay, as a few of them have existed for many years.”

An instance was the development of a man-made breakwater to create a seashore “with out understanding or learning the affect that this might have on the seabed.” The seashore was created with sand from quarries, and this clouds the water and prevents gentle from reaching the seabed, “turning it right into a mudflat”.

In addition they attributed the ecological decline to the expansion within the inhabitants of Puerto Pollensa – 47 per cent over the past 20 years – “with out the sewer system with the ability to take care of this”. Unlawful uncontrolled anchoring and relentless nautical exercise had been additionally highlighted.