Fwd: The Guardian view on fishing and nature: bottom-trawling boats don’t belong in conservation zones
Smadar Spector
The Guardian view on fishing and nature: bottom-trawling boats don’t belong in conservation zones
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/12/the-guardian-view-on-fishing-and-nature-bottom-trawling-boats-dont-belong-in-conservation-zones
Up to 90% of the ocean floor around Britain is covered with sand and gravel, derived from the erosion of shell and rocks. Other, more unusual habitats include maerl beds, seagrass meadows and kelp forests. These biodiverse landscapes are home to 330 species of fish, as well as seals, seahorses and thousands of lesser‑known species – which share them with the offshore energy, fishing and shipping industries.
Heightened awareness of pollution from sewage and plastics means that the public knows more about marine conservation than it used to. For his 99th birthday this year, the broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough made a film, Ocean, in which he described the seas as the planet’s “greatest life support system”, and urged people to get behind efforts to protect and renew marine nature.
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