Diver demands protection for Mediterranean

Alessia Zecchini, freediver, wearing a vest saying PROTECT! ENFORCE! RESTORE! to protest against French bottom trawling

Source: MedReAct/Sylvain Bes

A world champion freediver is calling on France to permanently close bottom fishing in the Gulf of Lion Fisheries Restricted Area to protect the most vulnerable ecosystems of the Mediterranean

Wearing a wetsuit emblazoned with the message ‘PROTECT–ENFORCE–RESTORE’, Alessia Zecchini descended 40 metres into the waters near the Frioul archipelago off Marseille.

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