The 'Offshore Mediterranean Challenge' started with the participation of 40 boats

The fishing contest, "Offshore Mediterranean Challenge (OMC 2016)" started yesterday from the Marina de Dénia Sports and Tourist Port, with the participation of 40 vessels, 20 nationals and another 20 from countries such as Italy, France, Mexico, Guinea Bissau, Holland , Ukraine, China, England and the US.

"It is an event that we for the first time in this port and international projection we are having is very important. So far everything is going very well so sure repeat next year"said Gabriel Martínez, director of Marina de Dénia.

The development of this event is based on the IGFA rules and is declared fully catch and release, which requires all participants to release all catches taken whatever their status and species. Participants must provide the filming of such catches by a video camera graphics card for verification and good practice. To this end it has created a committee that is formed by Gabriel Martínez, director of the test, Xavi Vera, Albert Gracia and Agustín Martínez, technical director, Federico Castellanos, skipper of the national side, Mirko Eusebi international and Carlos Aliño, as 2016 WTO organizer.

"A sporting event 40 boats, as regards fishing in this area may be unusual, but in the rest of Spain not, and this makes this area will become the perfect escape at European level"commented Albert Gracia.

The teams have been training all week and the expectation that go to capture good pieces is high. The target species by this specialty are the large pelagics. all those are considered valid species common practice in fishing except for any of the different species of rays or any shark.