Around 9,000 common dolphins die each year by accidental capture on the French Atlantic coast. A decision from the Council of State ordered the government to close certain areas for one month to “limit accidental deaths of dolphins and porpoises” Fishermen are already questioning these bans.
In principle, this closure must be renewed for the next two winters. But the president of the interdepartmental fisheries committee of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Landes wants to ‘demonstrate that this is not the right answer’