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PM urged to ban destructive fishing in protected areas

May 09, 2025

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The Prime Minister is being urged to take “decisive action” to protect the seas in the wake of Sir David Attenborough’s new film on the ocean.

The heads of Greenpeace UK, Oceana UK and Blue Marine Foundation have written to Sir Keir Starmer urging him to prioritise ratifying the Global Ocean Treaty to conserve the high seas and help protect 30% of the world’s oceans.

The letter to the PM from Will McCallum, co-executive director of Greenpeace UK, Hugo Tagholm, executive director of Oceana UK and Clare Brook, chief executive of Blue Marine Foundation, comes ahead of a key UN ocean conference in France next month.

The letter argues the conference is a “key opportunity for the UK to be a global leader on ocean protection”.

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