# Boulders dropped off coast to disrupt deep fishing

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/boulders-dropped-off-coast-to-disrupt-deep-fishing/
- Published: 2026-11-03T05:44:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T06:34:02+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Science (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3j47k8rrkr5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Science

## Key points

- Greenpeace dropped nine boulders off Norfolk.
- It says they restrict trawling across 116 sq km.
- The boulders were placed without a licence.

## Summary

Greenpeace has dropped nine boulders off the Norfolk coast to obstruct bottom-trawling fishing vessels in the Southern North Sea Marine Protected Area. The group says the action is intended to protect seabed habitats and harbour porpoises, and reflects its frustration at what it sees as slow progress on marine protections.

The boulders were released from the ship Arctic Sunrise over the weekend without a licence; Greenpeace says it later shared their coordinates with authorities so they could be added to navigation maps. The group claims the barrier restricts trawling across 116 sq km (45 sq miles). Defra said damaging fishing is already banned at more than 100 protected sites, that further restrictions are being considered, and that activities at sea should be lawful.

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