Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for Environment and Fisheries, asked France on Friday 4 February to investigate the circumstances that led to the dumping of dead fish into the sea by fishing vessels in the Bay of Biscay.
The NGO Sea Shepherd published photos of thousands of dead fish 300 kilometres off the coast of La Rochelle in the Bay of Biscay the day before. The NGO reports that these discharges are the result of manoeuvres by four factory vessels, including the...