Following an expose, by the daily newspaper, El Mundo, with photos of large streaks of paint and chemicals on the surface of the water around a varadero, the local police, Palma council and the Mallorcan department of the environment have visited the Club Nautico Sant Antoni de la Playa in Can Pastilla.
A spokesperson from the office of the director general of coasts said, “Up to the revelations of the newspaper’s story we have not known of the existence of contaminating substances in the leisure ports of the Balerics.”
The same source issued the statement that, “Marinas, like any other organisation that uses products which can contaminate the environment they are obliged to be registered and should use them only sporadically and also should have a method of safely collecting these residues. We are not sure if the Club Nautico de Can Pastilla satisfies these requirements which was established in the law of residues of 1998.”
The maximum fine for breaking this law is 1803 Euros.