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Marine Management Organisation launches consultation on four of England’s Marine Protected Areas
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The next phase in the Government’s ambitious plans for a ‘Blue Belt’ of marine protected areas around the UK’s seas has begun with the Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO) formal consultation to protect four of England’s 40 offshore Marine Protected Areas.
Now that the UK has left the EU, the UK Government has powers to implement evidenced based marine management that will help ensure our seas are managed sustainably, protecting both the long-term future of the fishing industry and our precious wildlife and habitats.
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12:59 PM February 2, 2021
Campaigners say a ban on bottom trawling would protect wildlife and allow at-risk species to recover
- Credit: Wildlife Tours and Education
Government proposals to ban damaging fishing in parts of the North Sea off our region s coast could be the first step towards the recovery of a rich array of wildlife, conservationists have said.
Under proposed bye-laws put out for consultation by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), bottom trawling would be prohibited in four English offshore marine protected areas.
They include Dogger Bank and the Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge special areas of conservation, off the Lincolnshire and North Norfolk coasts.
Updated: February 1, 2021, 4:16 pm
Greenpeace dropped boulders into the Dogger Bank reserve to stop damaging fishing last year (Suzanne Plunkett/Greenpeace/PA)
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Damaging fishing practices could be banned in wildlife-rich Dogger Bank and three other protected areas of sea under plans being put out for consultation.
Under new byelaws, harmful bottom trawling would be prohibited in four of England’s offshore marine protected areas, and the use of static fishing gear such as pots or nets would be prevented in sensitive parts of two of them.