Greenpeace has vowed to continue dropping boulders into the North Sea — as to stop trawling of the Dogger Bank marine reserve — despite Government objection. Greenpeace has vowed to continue dropping boulders into the North Sea — as to stop trawling of the Dogger Bank marine reserve — despite Government objection. 'We can’t let bottom trawlers — which often operate illegally with their positioning systems off — continue to rip up the protected seabed while our Government does nothing,' Mr Thorne continued. Greenpeace said that it has found 11 large fishing vessels operating in the Dogger Bank marine protected area with their automatic identification system switched off. 'The Fisheries Bill proposes new powers to better manage and control our marine protected areas and English waters,' they said.

Source: Daily Mail September 28, 2020 17:37 UTC