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Greenpeace activists drive off trawlers illegally fishing in protected marine areas
[Kristian Buus / Greenpeace]
GREENPEACE activists successfully chased away two trawlers illegally fishing in protected marine areas.
The French-flagged trawlers had turned off their satellite tracking systems, and were “bottom trawling” — dragging weighted nets across the seabed destroying marine life.
The trawlers were spotted fishing in two British Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) off the south coast.
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