Article 3RD78 Dutch fishermen to sail fleet into Amsterdam in wind turbine protest

Dutch fishermen to sail fleet into Amsterdam in wind turbine protest

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Daniel Boffey in Stellendam
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Workers say they are taking action in response to vast amount of windfarms being constructed in their waters

The Netherlands may be the land of the windmill, but fishermen are planning a major protest on Saturday against the Dutch government's latest wind turbine construction in the North Sea, with an armada of fishing boats sailing into Amsterdam.

After alighting from at least 15 boats at the back of Amsterdam's central station, it is understood that hundreds of fishermen will march to the capital's Damrak canal, where they will upend bags of small fish deemed too small for sale by the EU, and cover them with red dye.

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