Bottom trawling triples in key marine protected area despite Brexit promise

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Analysis by the Marine Conservation Society shows dredging at England’s Dogger Bank site has increased despite government pledge to ban the practice

The sea floor at the Dogger bank in the North Sea, England
Mermaid’s fingers and Flustra foliacea (hornwrack) at the Dogger Bank in the North Sea, a vital breeding ground for cod and whiting.Photograph: JNCC/PA

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Karen McVeigh

@karenmcveigh1Mon 28 Feb 2022 01.01 EST

The government is under pressure to safeguard Britain’s marine conservation areas after analysis showed the Dogger Bank protected site has seen a threefold increase in destructive bottom trawling sinceBrexit.

A year ago, conservationists welcomed governmentproposals to ban trawling and dredgingfishing practices, which involve dragging weighted nets over the seabed, in 14,030 sq km (5,400 sq miles) of English waters, an area equivalent to the size of Northern Ireland. The area includes Dogger Bank and three other marine protected areas…

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