Feeding the famous monkeys has been punishable with fines for some time, but enforcement of the regime has been relatively lax.
Now the UK-held territory is looking to clamp down on the activity with a regimen of fixed fines, the Gibraltar Government said in a recent media release.
People who feed the monkeys within Gibraltar's Upper Rock Nature Reserve will be slapped with a fixed fine of £500 (€600) if the rules changes are introduced.
Giving the macaques food outside of the nature reserve will mean a smaller fine of £250.
Under the proposed changes, officers from Gibraltar's Department of the Environment and the Environmental Agency will be able to issue tickets to offenders, as well as police.
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Gibraltar's environmental authorities hope the changes will help secure the future of The Rock's 230-strong monkey population.
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