Dutch-owned trawler FV Margiris, the world’s second-biggest fishing vessel, shed more than100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic Ocean off France, forming a floating carpet of carcasses that was spotted by environmental campaigners.
The spill, which happened in the early hours of Thursday, was caused by a rupture in the trawler’s net, said fishing industry group PFA, which represents the vessel’s owner. In a statement, the group called the spill a “very rare occurrence.”
The French arm of campaign group Sea Shepherd first published images of the spill, showing the ocean’s surface covered by a dense, layer of blue whiting, a sub-species
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