![](https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/02/12144949/3-A-bottom-trawler-768x512.jpg)
Lawsuit is latest push to curb bottom trawling in protected European waters
The fishing practice of bottom trawling continues in European marine protected areas (MPAs) despite conservation concerns over its destruction of seabed habitats and indiscriminate catches. Four NGOs have sued the Netherlands to stop bottom trawling in the …