Activists working for Greenpeace have started dropping boulders in parts of the North Sea to prevent industrial bottom trawlers fishing in protected areas. Greenpeace said the boulders were being spaced at precise intervals inside the Dogger Bank protected marine area and wouldn't harm the seabed. Greenpeace said it had found 11 large fishing vessels operating in the Dogger Bank marine protected area with their automatic identification system switched off. 'How can you continue to allow bottom trawlers to plough the seabed in a protected area designed specifically to protect the seabed? 'The Fisheries Bill proposes new powers to better manage and control our marine protected areas and English waters,' they said.

Source: Daily Mail September 22, 2020 11:29 UTC