Lawsuit is latest push to curb bottom trawling in protected European waters

Mongabay
Feb 13, 2025, 8:12 am915 ptsInteresting
Bottom trawling, a fishing technique in which vessels drag weighted nets along the seafloor, has long been condemned by conservationists for disrupting seabed habitat and capturing species indiscriminately. Yet it remains common in marine protected areas around Europe, including in some sections of Dogger Bank,…

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