- So called Marine Protected Areas in the English Channel Archived Message
Posted by Mary
on September 14, 2020, 1:54 pm
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Greenpeace are logging several super trawlers regularly operating in these areas. The latest is a Dutch owned Lithuanian registered super trawler. So much for EU legislation and enforcement. 'Foreign supertrawlers almost doubled the time they spent fishing in UK marine protected areas in the first six months of this year compared to the whole of 2019, an investigation has found. British fishermen claim the supertrawlers, which are each more than 100m long and can catch hundreds of tonnes of fish a day, are trying to build up a track record to support claims for continued access to UK waters in a post-Brexit fisheries agreement. Between January and June, the 23 Russian and Dutch-owned vessels spent 5,590 hours fishing in 19 protected areas, up from 2,963 hours last year, 1,388 in 2018 and 475 in 2017. The vessels use nets up to a mile long and conservationists say they pose a threat. /.. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/supertrawlers-race-to-fish-in-uks-protected-waters-zcv8wztz8 |
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