We know that dredging and trawling, in its many forms, impact fauna on the sea floor, stir up stored carbon, as well as “forever chemicals” and other pollutants damaging to human and animal health. Damaging activities are taking place out of sight, and thus out of mind, which would be seen as unreasonable if they took place on land in full view. Some 72 per cent of marine protected areas in UK domestic waters are still subject to bottom trawling and dredging. The lack of close scrutiny that destructive fishing methods such as trawling and dredging have enjoyed until recently has come to look increasingly indefensible, particularly in marine protected areas, places which have been established by law to rectify the adverse impacts of human activities. Most methods of industrial fishing began centuries ago and pre-date the development of any form of environmental impact assessment, which is now routinely applied to almost all other activities that take place in the sea. Within the remaining 70 per cent of the oceans we are advocating a just transition to low-impact fishing methods to enable communities and livelihoods to thrive alongside restored seas. Blue Marine is working to remove destructive bottom-towed fishing practices from all marine protected areas, helping to effectively protect 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030.
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