Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Fishermen in the English Channel and Southern North Sea have been telling Greenpeace about the devastation caused by years of unchecked industrial fishing by pulse trawlers, supertrawlers and fly-shooters. This has severely depleted fish populations, particularly in inshore waters, leaving some local fishers with nothing left to catch.

Fishermen and Greenpeace have come together to demand urgent and immediate action by the government.

Read our joint statement here: greenpeace.org.uk/resources/fisheries-joint-statement