CAMPAIGNERS have demanded the government ban seabed trawling in Scotland’s sea lochs to protect “some of the most vulnerable carbon stores in the country.”The Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (Sift) urged ministers today to advance “coherent measures to protect our seabeds” after new researchers revealed the “substantial impacts” of the practice.

CAMPAIGNERS have demanded the government ban seabed trawling in Scotland’s sea lochs to protect “some of the most vulnerable carbon stores in the country.”

The Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (Sift) urged ministers today to advance “coherent measures to protect our seabeds” after new researchers revealed the “substantial impacts” of the practice.

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