French President, Emmanuel Macron, being interviewed at UNOC 2025. Image by France.TV.

Dr. Daniel Pauly calls out France’s double standards on marine protection

French President, Emmanuel Macron, being interviewed at UNOC 2025. Image by France.TV.

French President Emmanuel Macron, being interviewed at UNOC 2025. Image by France.TV.

 

During an interview with French national television, President Emmanuel Macron was confronted with images from David Attenborough’s Ocean documentary, which shows the gigantic nets of bottom trawlers operating in the Mediterranean dropping hundreds of tonnes of all kinds of fishes on a boat after razing the seafloor and everything in their way.

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