Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which heavy nets are dragged along the seabed, tearing up the ocean floor — a crucial carbon sink. Another destructive consequence is the indiscriminate capture of marine life (Photo: European commission)

EU under pressure to ban destructive bottom-trawling fishing practices

Green Economy

by Wester van Gaal, Amsterdam,

Environmental groups are pushing EU leaders to ban destructive fishing practices in marine-protected areas (MPAs) — targeting French president Emmanuel Macron ahead of the UN Ocean Conference to be hosted by the country in June.

A coalition including

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Author Bio

Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.