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Defra is widening protections from destructive fishing practices in UK seas, but has confirmed it is not planning 'to introduce whole-site bans on bottom towed fishing gear in MPAs'
The government has today rejected calls for an outright ban on bottom trawling throughout Britain's hundreds of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), despite pledging earlier this year to extend restrictions...
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