Scuba divers and salt farmers are at loggerheads over the right to access parts of Gozo’s north coast ahead of a key season for both industries that are crucial to the island’s economy.
Divers, who make up more than a fifth of all tourists to Gozo each year, say they are being blocked from safely reaching key dive sites because private landowners are not allowing them access to the coast.
The salt farmers, who own some of the contested lands, claim the divers are contaminating a sensitive food production area by walking over salt pans and should find another route…
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