Greenpeace assesses the bycatch of a Belgian beam trawler. Two hours of fishing on the Doggers bank produced 11,000 non-target fish and other unwanted sea creatures which were caught in the nets and then thrown overboard dead. The combined impact of bycatch of all fishing boats together is endangering the North Sea.
11 August 2004
Doggersbank | North Sea International

Greenpeace assesses the bycatch of a Belgian beam trawler. Two hours of fishing on the Doggers bank produced 11,000 non-target fish and other unwanted sea creatures which were caught in the nets and then thrown overboard dead. The combined impact of bycatch of all fishing boats together is endangering the North Sea.

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