Greece Becomes 1st European Nation To Ban Bottom Trawling In Marine Parks & Protected Areas

Greece Becomes 1st European Nation To Ban Bottom Trawling In Marine Parks & Protected Areas
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Greece has become the first European nation to ban bottom trawling in its national marine parks and protected areas.

The country said it will invest €780 million to safeguard the diverse and unique marine ecosystems.

The Greek PM, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, informed the delegates at the Our Ocean conference in Athens on Tuesday that they have established two more marine national parks, one in the Ionian and one in the Aegean.

This will boost the size of marine protected areas by...

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