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Greenpeace activists create ‘boulder barrier’ in North Sea to deter industrial fishing

Action taken to prevent bottom trawling in the marine protected area and conserve porpoise populations Greenpeace activists have dropped boulders in the North Sea to snag the dragnets of industrial trawlers fishing in a marine protected area.

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