LEAK: EU biodiversity plan aims to ban bottom trawling in protected areas

EU countries will be required to reduce the harmful impacts of fishing on sensitive species and their habitats, under a draft EU biodiversity plan seen by EURACTIV.

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Under the draft plan, bottom trawling would be banned in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by 2030 but would still be allowed outside of those. [<a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/straightened-trawler-net-going-down-sea-1350206210" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anney_Lier / Shutterstock</a>]

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