Dolphin protection: fishing reopens in the Bay of Biscay, after four weeks of shutdown

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The effects on the incidental catches of small cetaceans of this closure which involved approximately 300 vessels, from Finistère to the Spanish border, will not be known immediately.

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From the Finistère to the Spanish border, almost 300 French boats were blocked at the dock since 22 January. They were able to resume their activity on the night from Thursday to Friday 21 February.

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After a month of closure of the Bay of Gascony, for the preservation of cetaceans, the lineers had to return to the sea this Friday. Weather conditions prevented them from doing so.

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Incredible turnaround: after a month of ban aimed at protecting dolphins, fishing is allowed again! What are the consequences for these marine mammals?

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The ships were able to return to the sea in the night of Thursday to Friday in the Gulf of Biscay after four weeks of stopping to protect the dolphins The ships of more than 8 meters have resumed the

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La Rochelle, 21 Feb 2025 (AFP) – The boats of more than eight meters returned to the sea in the night from Thursday to Friday in the Gulf of Gascony, after four weeks of stopping to protect the dolphins. The effects on the incidental catches of small cetaceans of this spatial-temporal closure, aiming at about 300 boats [...] Article Dauphins: reopening the fishery in the Gulf of Gascony, after four weeks of stopping appeared first on MARINE & OC…