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MP calls for ban on ‘bottom trawling’ of seabeds in marine protected areas
21 Jan 2025 16:09 GMT
… Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill, which proposes to “ban bottom trawling in our … .
“For members unfamiliar, destructive bottom trawling involves dragging heavy nets and … are “suffering” because of bottom trawling, and called for stronger protections …
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NGO files complaint against France, Portugal, Spain over alleged illegal bottom trawling
17 Jan 2025 13:59 GMT
… NGOs claim.
Despite regulations banning bottom trawling in waters deeper than 800 …
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EU fishers clock 3,500 hours of bottom trawling in protected waters
15 Jan 2025 19:27 GMT
… first moved to ban all bottom-trawling activity below 800 metres in … depth) of European waters to bottom-trawling fishing entirely, fully implementing one … been a hefty reduction in bottom-trawling in these areas between November …
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Marine resources threatened as Indian fishermen cross boundaries
02 Feb 2025 01:19 GMT
… . Indian trawlers often use bottom trawling—a practice banned in Sri … and causing significant environmental damage. Bottom trawling, a destructive practice wreaks havoc … on already vulnerable livelihoods.
If bottom trawling continues unchecked, it could result …
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Dutch government faces court over Dogger Bank bottom trawling
09 Jan 2025 17:07 GMT
… a destructive fishing practice called bottom trawling.
Levied by a consortium of … a fishing practice known as bottom trawling, notorious for its destructive environmental … ” such laws by “systematically allowing bottom trawling in the Dogger Bank”.
The …
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Indian fishermen must cease engaging in bottom trawling – Sri lanka Fisheries Minister
13 Dec 2024 10:53 GMT
… have for long pointed to bottom trawling as the underlying problem.
“Bottom … towards ending the practice of bottom trawling at the earliest”.
However, there … … but they must understand that bottom trawling has severely affected the livelihoods …
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Bottom trawling ban: Current protections “just lines on a map”
22 Nov 2024 11:01 GMT
… advocacy NGOs, including the Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition, Oceana UK, the Blue … remain at risk due to bottom trawling – a highly destructive fishing practice … and destructive fishing practices like bottom trawling while revitalising the UK’s …
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Germany faces Dogger Bank bottom trawling lawsuit
19 Nov 2024 12:37 GMT
… contributions from BUND, found that bottom trawling still takes place in as … plans to ensure their protection.”
Bottom trawling activity within the Dogger Bank … fishing authorisation, which unlawfully permits bottom trawling in the Dogger Bank Marine …
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Volunteers wanted: R.I. CRMC Fishermen’s Advisory Board
31 Jan 2025 16:23 GMT
… following six Rhode Island fisheries: bottom trawling; scallop dredging; gillnetting; lobstering; party …
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NGOs File Bottom Trawling Lawsuit In Spain
14 Nov 2024 18:42 GMT
… and national conservation law.
Bottom trawling is notorious for its … laws by systematically allowing bottom trawling in MPAs in its … law by allowing destructive bottom trawling in these areas. By … the objective of banning bottom trawling in MPAs by 2030, …