Lamya Essemlali
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| Born | Gennevilliers |
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| France | |
| Employer | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
| Books | Captain Paul Watson: Interview With a Pirate |
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| ID | 705810 |
About Lamya Essemlali
Lamya Essemlali is a French environmental activist, of Moroccan origin. She's the chairperson of Sea Shepherd France and Campaign Coordinator for Sea Shepherd Global.
Huge bank of dead fish spotted off French Atlantic coast
France's fisheries minister has called for an investigation after a spillage of More Than 100,000 Dead Fish off the country's Atlantic coast.
Video footage filmed by environmental activists shows a mass of corpses floating on The Sea surface.
An industry statement Said the Margiris, The World 's second-largest super trawler, had reported a " fishing incident" after its net broke.
It Said the fish were Blue Whiting , a rare species subject to quotas.
The Lost fish would be deducted from the vessel's quota, The Statement added.
The Sea Shepherd France environmental group filmed the fish on Thursday, saying they covered an area of about 3,000 sq m (32,300 sq ft).
Its head Lamya Essemlali told Reuters it wanted to " raise awareness among the French public" about the trawler, which it Said had been banned from Australian waters and frequented The Bay of Biscay.
Fisheries Minister Annick Girardin tweeted (in French) that.
The EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevicius , also Said .
The Pelagic Freezer-Trawler Association issued a statement at 05:50 local time (04:50 GMT) on Thursday morning, adding that This Was a " very rare occurrence".
" In Line with Eu Law , this has been recorded in the vessel's log book and reported to The Authorities of the vessel's flag state, Lithuania, " it Said .
Source of news: bbc.com
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