{"id":543426,"date":"2023-01-25T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/france-under-pressure-to-save-dolphins-from-trawlers\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:00:43","slug":"france-under-pressure-to-save-dolphins-from-trawlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/france-under-pressure-to-save-dolphins-from-trawlers\/","title":{"rendered":"#France under pressure to save dolphins from trawlers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e055acd3e3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e055acd3e3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/france-under-pressure-to-save-dolphins-from-trawlers\/#%E2%80%9CFrance_under_pressure_to_save_dolphins_from_trawlers%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;France under pressure to save dolphins from trawlers&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/france-under-pressure-to-save-dolphins-from-trawlers\/#%E2%80%98Half-measures\" >&#8216;Half-measures&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFrance_under_pressure_to_save_dolphins_from_trawlers%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;France under pressure to save dolphins from trawlers&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/scientists-believe-man.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/scientists-believe-man.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scientists believe many more dolphins die at sea than wash ashore.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/scientists-believe-man.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists believe many more dolphins die at sea than wash ashore\" title=\"Scientists believe many more dolphins die at sea than wash ashore.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Scientists believe many more dolphins die at sea than wash ashore.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hundreds of dolphins are washing up on France&#8217;s Atlantic coast and thousands more are believed killed in fishermen&#8217;s nets each year, as environmentalists and Brussels pressure the government to protect the marine mammals.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>On Wednesday, Allain Bougrain-Dubourg, head of the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO), said he would write to President Emmanuel Macron that &#8220;the time has come to do our utmost to save dolphins from mistreatment or even extinction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This dramatic situation is even less acceptable given that it is avoidable,&#8221; Bougrain-Dubourg added.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-dolphin activists say harmful fishing activities, including deep-sea and sea-bed trawling, must be halted for several weeks in the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The Pelagis ocean observatory has spotted a surge in dolphin deaths on the Atlantic coast, with 127 common dolphins washed up in January alone\u2014up from 73 in the same month last year.<\/p>\n<p>Increased dolphin deaths are usually seen later in the year, during their February-March coastal feeding season that brings them closer to fishing vessels chasing hake and sea bass.<\/p>\n<p>This year the increase in finds is &#8220;especially early&#8221;, Pelagis said this month.<\/p>\n<p>Over the whole of 2022, 669 dolphins washed up\u2014down from 1,299 in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists believe that more than 80 percent of dead dolphins sink or decompose at sea rather than washing ashore, suggesting the real number of deaths is far higher at up to 11,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>Of the washed-up dolphins, &#8220;most presented signs of being caught in fishing equipment&#8221;, Pelagis said, with the LPO singling out &#8220;slices in the tail fins and clear traces of nets&#8221; on their skin.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Half-measures\"><\/span>&#8216;Half-measures&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>CIEM, a scientific body that tracks North Atlantic ecosystems, has for years urged a winter pause for some indiscriminate fishing techniques, meeting fierce resistance from industrial fishermen.<\/p>\n<p>After two years of pressure from the European Commission and under the spotlight from activists, Paris has so far offered an eight-point plan with technical measures, stopping far short of an outright ban.<\/p>\n<p>Measures include a voluntary observer scheme aboard fishing vessels, satellite tracking and fitting trawlers with cameras or acoustic repellent devices that drive the dolphins away.<\/p>\n<p>Many fishing ships are already fitted with the devices in a &#8220;large-scale experiment&#8221; to test their effectiveness, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>But the LPO denounced the government moves as &#8220;half-measures&#8230; that will change nothing and cost us precious time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Environmentalist group Sea Shepherd said the repellent devices &#8220;create huge exclusion zones in dolphins&#8217; feeding grounds&#8221; that risk cutting them off from needed nourishment.<\/p>\n<p>Paris has not completely closed the door to temporary bans, suggesting &#8220;time- and space-limited closures&#8221; to fishing could be tested in the Bay of Biscay in winter 2024-25 &#8220;if there are no satisfactory results in reducing accidental catches&#8221; of dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>That isn&#8217;t soon enough for the activists. 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