Greenpeace activists have placed a “boulder barrier” on the Norfolk coast, dumping roughly 15 tonnes of stone blocks onto the sea floor to protect harbour porpoises from bottom trawling. The action occurred at a site earmarked for large offshore wind farms backed by Andy Burnham, potentially complicating the project’s development. The campaign highlights growing environmental opposition to seabed trawling in the North Sea.
Activists dumped rocks off Norfolk coast on site of Burnham-backed project in protest against seabed trawlingThe giant offshore windfarms backed by Andy Burnham this week may face unexpected stumbling blocks after Greenpeace activists unwittingly dumped about 15 tonnes of boulders on to the site as part of a campaign against seabed trawling in the North Sea.Greenpeace created the “boulder barrier” to safeguard harbour porpoises off the Norfolk coast by dropping giant stone blocks, each weighing up to 2 tonnes, on to the sea floor to prevent a method of fishing known as bottom trawling. Continue reading...
