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Dogger Bank saved from destructive practice along with three other areas, after campaigning by activists

The Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge MPA is located off the south Lincolnshire coast, encompassing a wide range of sandbank types and biogenic reef.

Confirmation of four Marine Management Organisation (MMO) byelaws to protect four offshore marine protected areas marks significant step towards the Government’s ambitious plans for nature recovery in our seas

Marine Management Organisation launches consultation on four of England’s Marine Protected Areas Published 3 weeks ago The next phase in the Government’s ambitious plans for a ‘Blue Belt’ of marine protected areas around the UK’s seas has begun with the Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO) formal consultation to protect four of England’s 40 offshore Marine Protected Areas. Now that the UK has left the EU, the UK Government has powers to implement evidenced based marine manageme...

Published: 12:59 PM February 2, 2021    Campaigners say a ban on bottom trawling would protect wildlife and allow at-risk species to recover - Credit: Wildlife Tours and Education Government proposals to ban damaging fishing in parts of the North Sea off our regions coast could be the first step towards the recovery of a rich array of wildlife, conservationists have said. Under proposed bye-laws put out for consultation by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), bottom trawling would be pro...

Updated: February 1, 2021, 4:16 pm Greenpeace dropped boulders into the Dogger Bank reserve to stop damaging fishing last year (Suzanne Plunkett/Greenpeace/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Damaging fishing practices could be banned in wildlife-rich Dogger Bank and three other protected areas of sea under plans being...

Government proposals to ban damaging fishing in Dogger Bank could be a first step to the recovery of a rich array of wildlife, conservationists have said. Under proposed bye-laws put out for consultation by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on Monday, bottom trawling would be prohibited in four English offshore marine protected areas, including Dogger Bank. Campaigners said the move to properly protect the conservation areas would help preserve important habitats such as sandbanks, coral...

Ban on destructive bottom trawling to protect English cold-water coral  Conservationists welcomed the plans but said more needed to be done to protect other areas where trawling would still be allowed 1 February 2021 • 6:16pm Common starfish and sea anemones on ross worm at Dogger Bank in the North Sea Credit: JNCC/PA The first widespread bottom-trawling ban in protected English waters has been proposed by the government in an attempt to protect cold-water coral. A consultation launched on M...

Marine Management Organisation launches consultation on four of England’s Marine Protected Areas Marine Management Organisation (MMO) launches formal consultation seeking views on proposals to manage activity in four of England’s offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) From: 1 February 2021 The next phase in the Government’s ambitious plans for a ‘Blue Belt’ of marine protected areas around the UK’s seas has begun with the Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO) formal consultat...

Managing fishing in MPAs: Formal consultation The Marine Management Organisation has launched a formal consultation from 1 February to 28 March 2021, seeking views on the draft byelaws proposed for four offshore MPAs: The Canyons Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ); Dogger Bank Special Area of Conservation (SAC); Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge SAC; and South Dorset MCZ. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is the government’s principal regulator for most activities in English waters....