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Greenpeace flotilla protests against government failure to protect fish
A Greenpeace boat on the River Thames by the Houses of Parliament in central London
A FLOTILLA of fishing boats sailed up the Thames to Westminster today in protest against the government’s failure to protect Britain’s fish stocks and the marine environment following Brexit.
Fishing fleet skippers and Greenpeace say industrial fishing by factory vessels is destroying fish stocks and seabed ecosystems.
The group warns that the economies of British fishing communities dependent on fleets of small fishing boats are being wrecked, especially on the southern North Sea and south coasts.
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