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Fishermen raise pirate flag against wind turbines: ‘The vibrations chase the fish for miles’ | Instagram

The black cloth flutters menacingly on the TX21, the skipper of the Texel shrimp cutter has raised the pirate flag. He is not alone. The skull can be seen on a few more fishing boats. Other fishermen have the Dutch tricolor upside down in the mast as a protest. “Blue, white, red, the fishermen are in distress.” An inverted flag has been the signal of an emergency at sea for centuries.

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