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Oyster power, community action – 5,000 more oysters returned to Chichester Harbour

On Friday, 5000 native oysters were returned to the waters of Chichester Harbour, marking a significant step in restoring ...

Florida reefs offer multimillion-dollar flood protection—if they survive

It's no secret that Florida's iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, ...

Scotland protects more than a third of its seas. Why is trawling still allowed?

Environmentally damaging fishing practices continue across Europe even in protected areas, conservation groups say.View on ...

In Scotland, fishing trawlers scrape the seabed despite protection promises

Scotland has designated 37% of its waters as marine protected areas, but destructive fishing methods like bottom trawling continue in most of these zones. Fisherman Bally Philp, who works off the ...

The fishing practice of scrapping ocean bottom continues despite protection promises

Scotland has designated 37% of its waters as Marine Protected Areas, but destructive fishing methods like bottom trawling continue in most of these zones ...

In Scotland, the fishing practice of scrapping ocean bottom continues despite protection promises

Unlike most of Scotland’s coastline, these waters are protected from industrial fishing methods that have devastated seabeds elsewhere. “The inshore archipelagos on the West Coast of Scotland used to ...