'Monster vessels': Greenpeace calls for ban on industrial fishing in UK's protected waters

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Helen Mary supertrawler in the North Sea | Credit: Greenpeace UK
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Helen Mary supertrawler in the North Sea | Credit: Greenpeace UK

Greenpeace warns supertrawlers are damaging marine habitats, as it calls on government to act on its commitment to protect 30 per cent of UK waters by 2030

Supertrawlers are continuing to illegally catch fish in the UK's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), damagin marine habitats and fish populations in the process, according to a new investigation from Greenpeace...

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