UK Government has committed to protect 30% of our seas by 2030. Yet over 60% of the seabed in England’s Marine ‘Protected’ Areas is still not protected from damaging bottom trawling.
The Four Horsemen of the UK Fisheries Policy Apocalypse
The UK has the responsibility, and the policy frameworks available, to provide meaningful and lasting protection to all its marine areas. This includes the government proceeding with and concluding its plans to remove bottom trawling from MPAs, safeguarding the biodiversity and habitats that they were designed to protect.
28 September 2025
