Gibraltar urges firm hand against Spanish boat incursions < Spanish news | Expatica Spain

Gibraltar urges firm hand against Spanish boat incursions < Spanish news | Expatica Spain: "Incursions by Spanish boats into British territorial waters around Gibraltar must be promptly challenged, the British governor of the contested territory on the southern tip of Spain said Tuesday.
During an interview with Gibraltar radio, Sir Adrian Johns said Spanish vessels that enter the territorial waters of Gibraltar need to be 'challenged on the spot, firmly but courteously.'
'There is potential here for misunderstanding and miscalculation. What we all need to do is to get a better line of communication and perhaps even some form of protocol for operating in and around all the waters here, so that people understand what each other is doing and what our business is.'
His comments follow a series of cat and mouse games involving British and Spanish boats in the waters off the tiny British possession at the strategic western entrance to the Mediterranean.
In a serious incident last week, a British Royal Navy patrol boat cautioned a Spanish police boat to leave British territorial waters. It then escorted the Spanish boat out of the waters claimed by Britain.
'The Spanish vessel undertook some pretty aggressive manoeuvres, narrowly missing a small boat in the area,' a British military spokesman said."