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2020-05-13
Fury as 11 russian supertrawlers plunder UK fish stocks in protected area
Eleven Russian supertrawlers are plundering fish stocks off the coast of Scotland in a conservation zone where fishing is prohibited, environmental campaigners Greenpeace have revealed.
In a development certain to anger those urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take back control of Britain's waters at the end of the year, when the UK is scheduled to sever ties with the European Union, the huge Russian ships are believed to be catching blue whiting in a Special Area of Conservation known as the Wyville-Thomson Ridge SAC. The ships are all Russian-flagged and -owned, and are all more than 100 metres in length.
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Express.co.uk - Russian invasion: Fury as 11 supertrawlers plunder UK fish stocks in protected area