Nine of the world’s biggest supertrawlers are scooping fish from the Channel, with a devastating impact on dolphins, conservationists warn.
The monster vessels, equal in length to six-and-a-half double decker buses, drag nets a mile long which can bring in hundreds of tons of fish a day.
The unprecedented hauls are legal as they are 12 miles off the coast. But environmental campaigners say they are damaging the marine eco-system and species including dolphins and endangered bluefin tuna.
Thea Taylor, co-lead of the Brighton Dolphin Project, said: “These supertrawlers have not only caught masses of their target fish species but tons of marine life that they do not want, including marine mammals. “These are usually ground down for animal feed
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