Bay of Biscay
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Since 2024, the French government has implemented a one-month annual fishing ban in the Bay of Biscay each January to protect dolphins.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025
The vessel was traveling south through the Bay of Biscay when it turned east and headed toward Saint-Nazaire, home to Europe’s largest shipyard, according to the ship-tracking service Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
Whereas with the GFS model the UK stays dry this weekend and Gabrielle spins into the Bay of Biscay bringing damaging winds and rain to northern Spain on Sunday.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Father-of-five Charles Todd, 73, sent out a distress signal from his yacht on 25 January amid fierce weather brought on by Storm Herminia in the area of the Bay of Biscay.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2025
The journey alone would take two weeks, sailing through the Bay of Biscay, past Gibraltar, across the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea, calling in at Aden and arriving finally at Mombasa.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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