A flotilla of fishing vessels sailed up the Thames to Westminster, and moored outside the Houses of Parliament, flying banners reading: ’No fish, no future.’
Greenpeace and the fishers say if industrial fishing is not stopped, fishing communities and marine ecosystems will suffer irreparable harm.
The fishers want to see a full ban on industrial trawlers over 55m in length and fly-shooters in the entire Channel and Southern North Sea, and bans for supertrawlers, bottom trawlers and fly-shooters in all Channel MPAs. “We need the government to do what it promised and ban industrial fishing to protect us fishermen and our fishing communities.”
They said: “Industrial fishing has been responsible for harmful environmental impacts. Overfishing can deplete resources, many animals like dolphins and sea turtles are products of bycatch, and the massive vessels used require large amounts of CO2-producing fuel.”
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