Fishing Industry Bottom-Trawling 90 Percent of UK Marine Protected Areas, Data Shows

Yale e360
Jun 1, 2022, 3:52 pm272 pts
More than 90 percent of Britain’s offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) are still being bottom-trawled and dredged, two years after an analysis of the extent of destructive fishing exposed them as “paper parks,” according to data shared with the Guardian. Read more on E360 →

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