A few days ago, more than 100000 dead fish were found in the coastal waters of France Atlantic China Welding Consumables Inc(600558) . A Dutch super trawler said in a statement that “the rupture of the fishing net caused the leakage”. However, environmental protection organizations suspect that it was deliberately discarded. The French Ministry of Fisheries expressed shock and has launched an investigation.
According to the video clips and pictures taken by the French environmental protection organization “ocean Guardian” on the 3rd, is located in the bay of Biscay on the west coast of France. There are a large number of dead fish floating on the sea, like a “moving giant carpet” . “Ocean Guardian” said that the dead fish cover an area of about 3000 square meters, with a total of more than 100000. The organization said that the dead fish were thrown into Atlantic China Welding Consumables Inc(600558) by the Dutch trawler “FV maggiris”. The association of ocean going refrigerated trawlers, a fisheries organization representing ship owners, said that the “leakage caused by the rupture of fishing nets” earlier on 3 was a “very rare event”.
It is reported that “FV majlis” is the second largest super trawler in the world, and its trawl length is more than one kilometer. And it will catch a large number of fish species that dolphins depend on. Previously, this practice has been criticized by environmentalists, saying it will lead to a large number of deaths of dolphin populations due to lack of food. The FV majlis was expelled from Australian waters in 2012 and was banned from entering the waters.
esemlali, head of the French environmental protection organization “sea Guardian”: illegal acts at sea are completely unpunished. There are no controls, witnesses and fines. However, they make huge profits at sea. We must improve the inspection measures at sea and install remote electronic monitoring equipment on all fishing vessels, They lack transparency because the natural habitat they are developing is also the habitat for all of us and future generations.
According to the relevant maritime website, on the 4th day, the Dutch trawler involved was still fishing in the waters near France. The French Minister of fisheries has said that he asked the French fisheries supervision agency to investigate. The EU Commissioner for environment, oceans and Fisheries also said that he was looking for “detailed information and evidence about the case”.
According to relevant EU regulations, fishing vessels should take unwanted by catch, that is, non target organisms caught in the fishing process, back to the port for declaration and processing. However, because this is time-consuming and will increase costs, many fishing vessels will illegally discard by catch at sea
