MPs have issued a scathing rebuke to the government over its failure to protect England’s seas, calling for an immediate ban on destructive practices like bottom trawling in protected waters.

In a report published today, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee warns Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are failing in their core purpose – because damaging activities such as dredging, mining and trawling are still allowed to take place.

The government claims to be committed to protecting the marine environment but the report says it has left gaping holes in the current regime.

The destructive nature of bottom trawling has been exposed in the recent film ‘Ocean’ by David Attenborough, which showed the sea bed being torn up.

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