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Fishing industry still ‘bulldozing’ seabed in 90% of UK marine protected areas

Source
Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2022-05-31

More than 90% of Britain’s offshore marine protected areas are still being bottom-trawled and dredged, two years after analysis of the extent of destructive fishing exposed them as “paper parks”, according to data shared with the Guardian.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/31/fishing-industry-still-bulldozing-seabed-in-90-of-uk-marine-protected-areas