On Tuesday 16 April, several NGOs launched a campaign calling on the EU to take tougher action against EU countries that still allow bottom trawling in their Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
A report by the Marine Conservation Society, Seas At Risk and Oceana shows that this “destructive fishing practice” still takes place in 90% of the EU’s MPAs. In the six countries analysed (Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden), 4.4 million hours of apparent bottom...