'We are doing what the government won't': Greenpeace dumps nine giant boulders signed by celebrities including Benedict Cumberbatch and Simon Pegg into the North Sea to create a 45-square-mile underwater barrier against industrial fishing
- The Southern North Sea Marine Protected Area (MPA), designated to safeguard marine wildlife, has recorded the highest level of bottom-trawling activity among the UK's offshore protected sites.
- Now, in an unusual attempt to protect its marine biodiversity, Greenpeace activists have dropped nine giant limestone boulders onto the seabed, creating what the organisation describes as an underwater barrier against industrial fishing.
- The boulders, each weighing up to two tonnes, were deployed from Greenpeace's vessel Arctic Sunrise on October 31, approximately 50 km off England's eastern coast.
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- The Southern North Sea Marine Protected Area (MPA), designated to safeguard marine wildlife, has recorded the highest level of bottom-trawling activity among the UK's offshore protected sites.
- Now, in an unusual attempt to protect its marine biodiversity, Greenpeace activists have dropped nine giant limestone boulders onto the seabed, creating what the organisation describes as an underwater barrier against industrial fishing.
- The boulders, each weighing up to two tonnes, were deployed from Greenpeace's vessel Arctic Sunrise on October 31, approximately 50 km off England's eastern coast.
Sources: Times of India