Tag: Biscay
Closure of the Bay of Biscay: Christophe Béchu announces the opening of a platform to compensate the fishing industry
Laura Laplaud with AFP 08:52, February 28, 2024modified to 9:12 a.m., February 28, 2024 The fishing ban, which affected 450 vessels over eight meters, in order to avoid accidental captures…
Bay of Biscay: the fishing industry deplores “crazy losses”
For the Sables d’Olonne fishmongers, the ban on the exit of certain fishermen represents “crazy losses” (AFP/Archives/LOIC VENANCE) In boots and aprons, the fishmongers of Les Sables d’Olonne (Vendée) close…
Ban on fishing in the Bay of Biscay, nearly 450 vessels affected
Published on 01/22/2024 at 2:53 p.m. (RPT FB, without change) Jan 22 (Reuters) – A ban on French net fishing in the Bay…
France: Ban on fishing in the Bay of Biscay, nearly 450 vessels affected
Published on 01/22/2024 at 3:55 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters (RPT FB, without change) (Reuters) – A…
Bay of Biscay: fishermen forced to stop to protect dolphins
Fishing boats docked at the port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, March 30, 2023 in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques (AFP/Archives/GAIZKA IROZ) This is unheard of since 1945: most of the fishing boats remained docked on…
Bay of Biscay: a month without fishing to preserve dolphins
The head of a dead dolphin exposed during a demonstration to denounce non-selective fishing, in Nantes on February 24, 2023 (AFP/Archives/Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS) To preserve the dolphins, French and foreign fishermen…
A scarified dolphin recovered by Sea Shepherd in the Bay of Biscay
By Jean Cittone Published on 02/20/2023 at 12:32 , Update on 02/20/2023 at 2:15 p.m. The rescued dolphin was scarified for the express intention of the NGO. Sea Shepherd France…
The French Navy “accompanied” a Russian submarine in the Bay of Biscay
A maneuver “carried out in perfect coordination with our allies”, specifies the French Navy. Off the Bay of Biscay, a Russian submarine was “accompaniedby the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Normandie, announced…
The intriguing foray of a Russian submarine into the Bay of Biscay
On September 29, the French Navy had to escort a Russian attack submarine brought to the surface in the Bay of Biscay, reports “Le Telegramme”. By ThePoint.fr The Russian attack…
Fish cemetery in the Bay of Biscay: several investigations launched to understand what happened
According to the NGO Sea Shepherd, one of the four factory ships present off La Rochelle is the source of the discharge of several tonnes of blue whiting. The Ministry…
Hecatomb of fish in the Bay of Biscay: an “unusual” density in
cause SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ (awp/afp) – The “unusual” density of a school of blue whiting caused the rupture of the fishing net which led to the rejection of tens of thousands of…
Bay of Biscay: the trawler which rejected tens of thousands of fish would have been the victim of a “fishing incident”
On the same subject Bay of Biscay: Sea Shepherd on the trail of a hecatomb of fish In its fight to ban winter fishing in the Bay of Biscay and…