Editing Andalusia (section)

====Fishing====
[[File:Muelle pesquero de Algeciras 1.JPG|thumb|Fishing port of [[Algeciras]].]]

[[Commercial fishing|Fishing]] is a longstanding tradition on the Andalusian coasts. Fish and other seafood have long figured prominently in the local diet and in the local [[gastronomy|gastronomic]] culture: [[fried fish]] (''pescaito frito'' in local dialect), white [[prawn]]s, ''[[almadraba]]'' tuna, among others. The Andalusian fishing fleet is Spain's second largest, after [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], and Andalusia's 38 fishing ports are the most of any Spanish autonomous community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/fi/oldsite/FCP/es/ESP/profile.htm |title=El Reino de España. Datos económicos generales – Abril 2007 |access-date=5 October 2008 |publisher=FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010042450/http://www.fao.org/fi/oldsite/FCP/es/ESP/profile.htm |archive-date=10 October 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> Commercial fishing produces only 0.5 percent of the product of the regional primary sector by value, but there are areas where it has far greater importance. In the province of Huelva it constitutes 20 percent of the primary sector, and locally in [[Punta Umbría]] 70 percent of the work force is involved in commercial fishing.<ref>{{cite book |author=Suárez, J.L. |author2=Rodríguez, J.A. |chapter=La pesca en Andalucía |title=Geografía de Andalucía (Coor. López Antonio) |year=2003 |publisher=Ariel Geografía |location=Barcelona |isbn=84-344-3476-8 |language=es}}</ref>

Failure to comply with fisheries laws regarding the use of trawling, urban [[pollution]] of the seacoast, destruction of habitats by coastal construction (for example, alteration of the mouths of rivers, construction of ports), and diminution of fisheries by [[overexploitation]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.consumer.es/web/es/medio_ambiente/2002/05/15/45840.php |title=Peligra la supervivencia de algunas plantas marinas en el litoral malagueño |access-date=18 October 2008 |date=15 May 2002 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203165558/http://www.consumer.es/web/es/medio_ambiente/2002/05/15/45840.php |archive-date=3 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
have created a permanent crisis in the Andalusian fisheries, justifying attempts to convert the fishing fleet. The decrease in fish stocks has led to the rise of [[aquaculture]], including [[fish farming]] both on the coasts and in the interior.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/web/Bloques_Tematicos/Publicaciones_Divulgacion_Y_Noticias/Documentos_Tecnicos/Recursos_naturales/PDFs/125_143.pdf |title=Recursos del mar: Recursos naturales de Andalucía. |access-date=7 October 2008 |author=Consejería de Medio Ambiente |language=es}}</ref>