Fishermen dumped fish and nets in front of the National Maritime Administration building in Nantes, western France, on Wednesday to protest a month-long fishing ban and what they called “regulatory pressure”.
Starting at 5:30 a.m., around 20 fishermen from several ports in Brittany will decorate buildings with banners that read: “Fisherman, farmer, same fight” and “We want to feed, not die.” I raised it.
Frozen fish, fishing gear and nets were thrown in front of the North Sea, Atlantic and Western Straits Intergovernmental Headquarters (DIRM NAMO).
“We have come to express our dissatisfaction. We are at odds with each other. The pressure of French and European regulations is intolerable,” said David Le Cantrec, a fisherman from Lorient in the Morbihan region. he said.
Most French and foreign fishing vessels will have to anchor in the Bay of Biscay until February 20 to protect the dolphins, hundreds of whom have died after getting caught in nets.
The government promised state compensation. The month-long ban, which is expected to be repeated in the winters of 2025 and 2026, comes after France’s Council of State called on the government to reduce the number of dolphin deaths.