'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
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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.
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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.