We talked about this encouraging news on #BBCInsideScience today, with marine biologist and conservationist @amandavincent.bsky.social - if bottom-trawling bans can work in long-impoverished fisheries round Europe, she argues, the effort should work worldwide.
Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area
Nearly a decade since Scotland established the South Arran Marine Protected Area and banned bottom trawling across much of it, life on the seafloor has thrived, a new study has found
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Nearly a decade since Scotland established the South Arran Marine Protected Area and banned bottom trawling across much of it, life on the seafloor has thrived, a new study has found. Scientists surve...