l'Ametlla de Mar in the news for the wrong reasons.
I've wondered for a long time what the big cages in the sea off l'Ametlla were for. It seems that they catch wild tuna and then fatten them up in the cages before sending the carcasses off to Japan.
Blue-fin tuna is now close to extinction.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8575721.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8577538.stm
Also realised from this that the 'playa d'Almadrava' by Tres Calas is named after the annual slaughter where the tuna were herded into the bay.