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Foreign-owned trawler that controls QUARTER of England’s fishing quota to take biggest Brexit share

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A foreign-owned super trawler, that controls almost a quarter of England’s fishing quota, will take biggest share after Brexit.  The 390ft Dutch Frank Bonefaas controls 23 per cent of England’s fishing quota, and is the largest trawler registered in the British fishing fleet.  Campaigners say more than half of England’s fishing quota will be controlled by … Read more

Call for ban on ‘supertrawlers’ after study finds 25 foreign-owned vessels in British waters

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Supertrawlers should be banned from fishing in UK owned Protected Marine Areas, according to Greenpeace, who say the giant ‘factory ships’ are ‘destructive’.  The controversial fishing vessels can be more than 328 feet long and ‘vacuum’ up huge quantities of fish every day as they move through the water. A Greenpeace study found that 25 … Read more