bottom trawling

  • NGOs launch united attack on bottom trawling

    NGOs launch united attack on bottom trawling

    28th November 2024

    A coalition of environmental organisations from across the UK and EU launched a Europe-wide campaign against demersal trawling in London last week, delivering a petition to Defra’s headquarters. A wide range of NGOs with a presence in the UK, including…

  • Marine Scotland licensing deemed ‘unlawful’

    Marine Scotland licensing deemed ‘unlawful’

    6th July 2023

    Legal challenge by Open Seas calls issuing of licences to scallop dredgers and bottom trawlers into question The Scottish government was still considering its reaction as FN went to press, nearly a week after a judge ruled that its licensing…

  • Threat of bottom trawl ban in 13 MPAs

    Threat of bottom trawl ban in 13 MPAs

    26th January 2023

    The MMO has launched a consultation on proposals to ban bottom trawling in another 13 MPAs in English waters, reports Tim Oliver. They are the latest stage in ‘an ambitious programme to protect all 40 English offshore MPAs from harmful…

  • Pressure for bottom-trawling ban in MPAs

    Pressure for bottom-trawling ban in MPAs

    19th July 2022

    Fisheries minister Victoria Prentis has stressed the need to work with the fishing industry when deciding on restrictions on bottom trawling in MPAs, reports Tim Oliver. Some MPs are calling for bans on all bottom mobile gear in all MPAs,…

  • Worldwide trawling study makes case for sustainable fisheries

    Worldwide trawling study makes case for sustainable fisheries

    14th January 2022

    A global study of the impacts of bottom trawling has found that seabeds are in good health where trawl fisheries are sustainably managed. The first study of its kind, undertaken by Bangor University with collaborating research institutes and published in…

  • Europêche slams NGO calls for bottom-trawling ban

    Europêche slams NGO calls for bottom-trawling ban

    13th January 2022

    European fishermen’s group Europêche has called for an urgent meeting with EU fisheries commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius, following the public demonstration by NGOs in Brussels at the end of last year calling for a ban on bottom trawling. The NGOs delivered…

  • Oceana renews attack on bottom trawling

    Oceana renews attack on bottom trawling

    6th January 2022

    The UK government’s intention to issue over 1,000 licences to EU and UK fishing vessels for 2022 permitting them to bottom trawl in UK Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is in contravention of the Habitats Regulations, which could make the licences…

  • COP26: Bottom trawling and the climate crisis

    COP26: Bottom trawling and the climate crisis

    5th November 2021

    Reducing the carbon footprint of bottom trawling requires bold action from governments, and collaboration between fishers and environmentalists, writes Dr Steve Rocliffe, senior technical adviser at Blue Ventures Greenhouse gas emissions from the global food system are one of the…

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