Blue Marine Foundation has welcomed the UK’s ban on destructive bottom trawling in 13 Marine Protected Areas, a move now facing fierce opposition from France and EU officials. In the Financial Times, Blue’s executive director Charles Clover defends the ban as not only legal under the post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement but a vital step to protect rare reef habitats—arguing the UK is uniquely upholding the EU’s own habitats directive at sea.

Read the full Financial Times article here.