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Environmental lawyers ‘heartened’ by another EU Court ruling backing bans on bottom trawling

A ban on deep-sea fishing in parts of the Atlantic rich with marine life has been upheld by the EU’s General Court.

It means these areas will remain restricted to help preserve vulnerable species and ecosystems. The decision comes after the same court ruled last month in a German case that Marine Protected Areas must be protected from bottom trawling.

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