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Sir David Attenborough’s documentary Ocean reveals the devastating impact of bottom trawling — a destructive fishing method that drags heavy nets and chains across the seabed, destroying habitats, harming wildlife, and releasing carbon that contributes to climate change.

Shockingly, this practice is still permitted in most of the UK’s Marine Protected Areas, including those in Devon. Despite being designated to safeguard marine life, these sites are ploughed by trawlers for tens of thousands of hours each year.

Please help us to call for a ban on bottom trawling in seabed Marine Protected Areas!  Take action, email the oceans minister, Emma Hardy, to demand meaningful protection for our seas.

The ocean can’t fight back. But we can.

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