Fernando Gutierrez Diaz de Otazu, the Melilla representative of the conservative and Christian People’s Party (PP), urged the Spanish government on January 2 to open a file for the demolition of the Moroccan fish farm installed near the Chafarinas Islands, according to the Spanish outlet Cope.

Speaking at a press conference, De Otazu claimed that the Morocco-run fish farm is “in Spanish waters.”

The Melilla MP’s reaction follows a second response on the matter from Pedro Sanchez’s office. Spain’s “government has carried out the necessary actions [with Morocco] to ensure compliance with the applicable regulations,” Sanchez’s office had said earlier when faced with criticism over its apparently tepid tone in dealing with the territorial crisis with Morocco.