According to the guides that I talk to this is not a local thing, the decisions are being made in Madrid. I hope they are wrong as I am a fisherman but the decisions being made regarding fishing in general are ruining the sport in this region. Instead of helping fisherman to enjoy there experience most anglers that I know cannot keep up with the changing regulations and if you do something wrong the fines can be very expensive. If you have to kill a Catfish, which I will not do, what do you do with the dead fish and remember they can be up to 250lb. There are no facilities for this and throwing them back in the river cannot be a good idea either.