The French government will temporarily ban almost all commercial fishing in the Bay of Biscay to protect dolphins, much to the dismay of the industry

https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20240119-france-temporarily-bans-commercial-fishing-to-protect-dolphins

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badmemes@feddit.de · 29 pts · 2y

Classic example of "lets just keep doing it recklessly until it gets banned and then cry about it when it gets banned"

gigachad@feddit.de · 24 pts · 2y

The industry:

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tourist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

The French National Fisheries Committee (CNPMEM) denounced "extremist NGOs", claiming that the marine mammals are "not endangered".

ignore the images of the dead bloodshot dolphins hon hon