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On February 3, more than 100,000 dead blue cod appeared on the surface of the sea off the coast of France. The Association of Pelagic Frozen Trawlers said it was an unintentional release caused by the rupture of the net. Environmental groups admit it

author:Zhang Yi'an

On February 3, more than 100,000 dead blue cod appeared on the surface of the sea off the coast of France. The Association of Pelagic Frozen Trawlers said it was an unintentional release caused by the rupture of the net. Environmental groups believe that the trawler is "discarding the by-catch" and deliberately throwing it away because it does not want to process it.

No specific explanation is needed, everyone understands that this behavior leads to serious waste and can cause damage to the ecological environment. The EU's explicit ban on "discarding by-catch" shows that European fishing boats are not new to do so.

The fishing vessel involved is the second largest trawler in the world. It has been criticized by environmental groups for fishing with nets more than one kilometre long and processing them directly at sea. Fishing in Australian waters has been banned since 2012.

It is conceivable that if a similar scene is related to Chinese fishing boats, even if it is divided by ten, the Western media will rise up and attack it. But in fact, this kind of violent behavior, Westerners do the most vigorously.

On February 3, more than 100,000 dead blue cod appeared on the surface of the sea off the coast of France. The Association of Pelagic Frozen Trawlers said it was an unintentional release caused by the rupture of the net. Environmental groups admit it

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