In recent days, the Sea Shepherd association has filmed a school of dead fish floating over more than 3000 m2 300 kilometers off La Rochelle, in the Bay of Biscay.

From her boat the

Age of Union

 she followed the activity of the

Margiris

, a factory ship which was in the sector.

Three other giant trawlers were present in the fishing area and could be involved in the rejection of its dead fish, estimates the NGO.

It is not known why these blue whiting were returned to the water by these giant boats, which obviously targeted other species.

Find the images filmed by the Age of Union in the Bay of Biscay for #OpOceanKillers: https://t.co/tA2pyzK6vF@EmmanuelMacron @AnnickGirardin @BarbaraPompili @MerGouv @Ecologie_Gouv#OpDolphinBycatch

— Sea Shepherd France (@SeaShepherdFran) February 3, 2022

The 

Margiris

is 143 meters long and 18 meters wide, it is the 2nd largest trawler in the world, specifies the NGO in its video.

She recalls that his authorization to fish in Australian waters has been canceled, and that he is not always welcome in other maritime territories such as those of Chile or Ireland.

“Nobody wants it and it fishes in the French exclusive economic zone completely legally”, regrets the NGO in its video.

With a net 600 m long and 200 m wide, the

Margiris

collects approximately 6,000 tonnes of fish over a fishing campaign and nearly 200 tonnes per day.

The fish are frozen and packaged directly in the holds of the ship, transformed into a real factory.

In view of the images shared by @SeaShepherdFran, I asked the National Fisheries Monitoring Center to shed light on this subject in order to identify the causes of these important discards of fish.

Of course, these images are shocking.

https://t.co/tTC5kWrOj6

— Annick Girardin (@AnnickGirardin) February 3, 2022

The Minister of the Sea, Annick Girardin, traveling to New Aquitaine on Friday, asked “the National Fisheries Monitoring Center to shed light on this subject in order to identify the causes of these significant discards of fish.

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