Closure of the Bay of Biscay: Christophe Béchu announces the opening of a platform to compensate the fishing industry. The fishing ban, which affected 450 vessels over eight meters, in order to avoid accidental captures of dolphins, ended on February 20.
A “massive blow” for fishermen, forced to live on their cash flow during this period. “We have obtained a support rate which varies between 80 and 85% of turnover,” he declared. According to Ciem, the international scientific body of reference, around 9,000 common dolphins die each year by accidental capture.