L’Annelies Ilenathe « hell ship » as he is nicknamed by ONG defense of the sea, will begin its fishing campaign in European waters in a few days. While we thought that the project carried out by the Saint-Malo Fishing Company was buried, this is not the case.
Remember, last May, Hervé Berville, then Secretary of State for the Sea, refused to transfer fishing quotas for blue whiting, the main fish used to make surimi paste, to Poland, a country in which this 145 m long vessel, owned by the Dutch multinational Parlevliet & van der Plas, is flagged.
22,000 tonnes of blue whiting traded
But this victory of ONG was short-lived. Fabrice Loher, the new Minister responsible for the Sea and Fisheries, finally approved the transfer of these quotas. Bloom revealed a new ministerial decree dated November 6, which modifies the distribution of fishing quotas.
« [Le ministre] admitted that the 22,000 tonnes of blue whiting had been exchanged with Poland in March and September before he took office, but without specifying the exact counterparties or the beneficiaries of these quotas »reports the association in a press release dated November 13.
Benefits for the French sector
That same afternoon, it was the ministry's turn to publish a press release in which the minister justified this exchange of quotas because « sufficient benefits for the French sector ». According to him, « the stock of blue whiting is in a good state of conservation, and is subject to controlled exploitation, on the basis of scientific advice ».
Bloom deplores, for her part, that these 22,000 tonnes of fish, which rightfully belonged to French fishermen, were ceded to Poland. « At a time of climate emergency and the collapse of biodiversity, the French government is choosing to submit to the demands of Dutch industrial fishing lobbies, to the detriment of ecosystems and marine animals who will see this attack descend on them. sea monster that will swallow everything in its path »estimates Lætitia Bisiaux, project manager at Bloom.
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