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Marine conservation in the UK isn't too great

Published 24 April 2024

From Paul Whiteley, Bittaford, Devon, UK

You report that fish stocks in marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Caribbean Sea aren’t recovering as expected, possibly because of poor enforcement.

Now, where have I heard that story before? Ah yes, here in the UK where bottom trawling, an environmentally destructive kind of fishing, still takes place in many MPAs, according to the Marine Conservation Society. Conservation in the UK is a joke.

13 April, p 19

Issue no. 3488 published 27 April 2024

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