Since Monday morning fishing boats have been forced to dock in the Bay of Biscay for a month in an effort to protect dolphins. It is the first time fishing industry workers have been confined to port since 1945. Experts estimate that about 9000 dolphins die in the Bay of Biscay every year after being caught in fishing gear by accident. Despite financial compensation of up to 80 per cent of sales, fishermen and women are worried and fear that, in the long term, the entire industry will be out of work. According to the Comité National des Pêches, 70 per cent of boats are affected by the ban – th…