All Bottom Trawl articles
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NewsLawyers call for enforcement after UK and France vow to ban bottom trawling in protected areas
With bottom trawling restrictions also implemented by Sweden and Greece, ClientEarth is calling on all European countries to act
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NewsCampaign launched to end destructive fishing in EU protected waters
90% of ‘protected’ waters still targeted, finds new report co-authored by Marine Conservation Society, Seas At Risk and Oceana
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NewsOceana: UK MPAs subjected to 33,000 hours of suspected bottom trawling in 2023
Oceans campaign group calls for “decisive political action on destructive fishing”
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NewsEJF: Pair trawling turning future valuable catches into today’s ‘trash fish’
New report finds severe environmental degradation as the Thai government drafts new legislation promising to deregulate its fishing industry
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NewsEU fishers slam Norway’s ‘disloyalty’
The fishing industry is urging EU member states to call out Norway for its ‘disloyal attitude’ towards EU fishing rights
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NewsMedFish4Ever Summit: Fisheries ministers urged to end illegal bottom trawling
Med Sea Alliance coalition wants to see decisive action taken to end bottom trawling in areas of the Mediterranean where it’s already banned
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NewsFisheries action = climate action, Irish leaders told
NGOs call on Irish Ministers to make fisheries management central to pro-climate action
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NewsReport: Kiss trawling destroying livelihoods
A form of illegal bottom trawling is causing severe environmental and economic damage to the Gulf of Gabès in Tunisia
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NewsEU stakeholders discuss future of bottom trawling
Fishing sector feels Brussels’ new action plan places ”a heavy and disproportionate burden” on an already struggling fleet
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NewsETF: EU plan fails workers
Strategy to gradually phase out bottom fishing will put many jobs at risk, warns the European Transport Workers’ Federation
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NewsEU plan – fishers fearful
Through the proposal, Brussels has put 25% of EU fish production and 7,000 vessels at risk, says the European Bottom Fisheries Alliance
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NewsNew EU plan launched
A package of measures to improve the sustainability and resilience of the EU’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors has been unveiled
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News‘Decarbon EU fleet quicker’
EU fishing fleet must accelerate its transition to a low-carbon, resilient sector, insists new Oceana report
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NewsEnglish MPAs ‘unambitious’
Government proposals to protect MPAs in England are ”sluggish and cumbersome” and ”unambitious”, says Greenpeace
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NewsTrawl fishers ‘endangered’
European Commission warned that it’s putting 10,000 livlihoods at risk
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NewsCelebs back fishing barrier
Greenpeace UK has announced imminent plans to build an underwater boulder barrier in a third UK Marine Protected Area
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NewsEU fisheries commissioner hears the value of bottom trawling
Industry seeks to address Brussels’ negative perception of certain bottom gears
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NewsNew supervisors to lead NOAA survey teams
New supervisors have been appointed to lead NOAA survey teams monitoring bottom-dwelling fish and crabs
