On Thursday 9 January, the environmental NGOs ClientEarth, Doggerland Foundation, Blue Marine Foundation and ARK Rewilding announced their decision to take legal action (before a national court) against the Dutch government, on the grounds that the country has authorised fishermen to carry out bottom trawling in the Dogger Bank, “in violation of EU conservation law”, according to the organisations.
Despite its highly degraded state, the Dogger Bank is often regarded as the ecological...