French Fishermen Angered After Destructive ‘Bottom Trawling’ in UK Waters Sabotaged
Greenpeace activists have dropped several large boulders into the English channel in an effort to stop fishing in a protected area.
Greenpeace activists have dropped several large boulders into the English channel in an effort to stop fishing in a protected area.
EU supertrawlers are continuing to operate in British waters post-Brexit, despite Boris Johnson indicating that they would be banned, with a report suggesting the “cannot” be removed.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the United Kingdom will ban EU factory ships from electric pulse trawling in British waters as a first step in taking back control of Britain’s fisheries.
A surge of industrial supertrawlers from the EU are devastating Britain’s territorial waters, including marine protected areas, as a ‘no-deal’ Brexit which would see the country reclaim its fisheries looms.