Fishing banned in the Bay of Biscay: fishermen protest in Nantes. One month shutdown to preserve dolphins, most French and foreign fishing boats must remain docked in theBay until February 20.
This one-month shutdown, which must be repeated during the winters of 2025 and 2026, was taken after the Council of State, contacted by environmental associations, asked the government to act to reduce the deaths of small cetaceans caught accidentally in the nets. “This ban is the last straw after the administrative bludgeoning that we were already experiencing,” says Yoann Lamouroux, a fisherman from the port of Doëlan (Finistère)