The stranding of a sailboat on the bay's promenade after recent winds has once again brought attention to illegal anchoring and the abandonment of vessels along the Balearic coast. This is the complaint of the environmental organization Arrels Marines, which warns that the incident "is not only a consequence of the storm but also of a structural problem" of lack of control and neglect along the coastline.

Posidonia is still losing ground, despite growing awareness of the importance of its conservation, private and public actions in its defense, and specific regulations that have been in place for the past seven years. The data confirm that the rate of its destruction has slowed considerably, but, unfortunately, they also show that "we still cannot speak of surface area recovery in absolute terms," laments Núria Marbà, research professor at Imedea (CSIC-UIB) and a specialist in this plant that is essential to the ecosystem.