'We have to find a solution': French react to fishing ban in the Bay of Biscay

The measure to protect dolphins could cause the price of fish to rise and put people out of a job, many fear.

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00:00 Since Monday morning, fishing boats have been forced to dock in the Bay of Biscay for a month in order to protect dolphins.

00:07 Despite financial compensation of up to 80%, fishermen are worried that in the long term, they will be out of work.

00:14 According to the National Fish Committee, 70% of boats are affected by the ban,

00:19 or 450 vessels and 9,000 people who work in the industry.

00:24 It's our last day with a little volume of fish that we won't be able to see for a month,

00:30 while we are in the middle of the season, the bar, the ground.

00:33 We are told about food sovereignty, what will happen, we will all turn to the port.

00:37 There is not only the cry, there is everything that is transporter, the sailors before that, the fishermen.

00:42 We did not think about ourselves, that is to say that the law was voted in two,

00:45 without thinking about what was going to happen behind for us.

00:53 We have to protect dolphins, they have no reason to be killed like that.

00:57 But we have to find solutions, because it is certain that we have to protect dolphins,

01:01 but we also have to protect our fishermen, they have a hard life.

01:05 For fish consumers, it's also feared that this will cause the price of fish to rise.

01:10 Experts estimate that about 9,000 dolphins die in the Bay of Biscay every year

01:15 after being caught in fishing gear by accident.

01:18 (whooshing)