France and the European Union are investigating why a massive swarm of dead fish was released by a huge trawler in the Atlantic Ocean off France after an environmental group released dramatic video and photos.
The images by the group Sea Shepherd show a blanket of dead blue whiting fish floating on the surface of the Bay of Biscay, off the coast of southwest France. The group estimates it held some 100,000 dead fish.
Struck by the “shocking” images, French Maritime Minister Annick Girardin tweeted on Friday that she ordered the National Center for Fishing Surveillance to investigate what happened.
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