Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/A-Boulder-falls-into-the-English-Channel-from-MY-Esperanza-27MDHU9OL35.htmlDownloadConceptually similarA Boulder falls into the English Channel from MY EsperanzaGP1SUVGFCompleted★★★★Crew on the MY Esperanza watch the Marine Management Organisation Fisheries Patrol boatGP1SUVGACompleted★★★★Crew on the MY Esperanza watch the Marine Management Organisation Fisheries Patrol boatGP1SUVGCCompleted★★★★View from the MY EsperanzaGP1SUVG8Completed★★★★★★Crew on the MY Esperanza during Boulder PlacementGP1SUV4LCompleted★★★★★★The BBC film the Boulder Placement in the Offshore Brighton MPAGP1SUVGKCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Crew on the MY EsperanzaGP1SUVG3Completed★★★★★★View from the MY EsperanzaGP1SUVG9Completed★★★★MY Esperanza Crew prepare Boulders for Placement in the Brighton Offshore MPAGP1SUVG1Completed★★★★View AllGP1SUVB8A Boulder falls into the English Channel from MY EsperanzaInert granite boulders are being placed into the English Channel as part of a new bottom trawler exclusion zone in the Offshore Brighton Marine Protected Area.The initiative will help prevent destructive bottom trawling which destroys the Offshore Brighton Marine Protected Area's protected seabed.Locations:English Channel-Europe-United KingdomDate:23 Feb, 2021Credit:© Suzanne Plunkett / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3360px X 2240pxRestrictions:IMAGE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD BY EXTERNAL MEDIA UNTIL 28TH FEBR. 2022. TERMS OF DELIVERY: NO THIRD PARTIES, NO RESALE, NO ARCHIVE, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. CREDIT-LINECOMPULSORYKeywords:Actions and protests-Day-Fishing (Industry)-KWCI (GPI)-MY Esperanza-Oceans (campaign title)-Outdoors-Rocks-SeasShoot:Boulder Placement in the Offshore Brighton Marine Protected Area (Photo)Greenpeace activists on the ship Esperanza are building a new underwater boulder barrier in the Offshore Brighton marine protected area in the English Channel, closing 55 square miles, one fifth of its total area, to destructive bottom trawling. The offshore Brighton MPA is one of the UK's most heavily bottom trawled protected areas.Greenpeace urges the UK government to ban bottom trawlers and supertrawlers from fishing in all of the UK’s marine protected areas.Related Collections:Boulder Placement in the Offshore Brighton Marine Protected Area (Photo & Video) - PRESS COLLECTIONBoulder Placement in the Brighton Offshore Marine Protected Area (All Photo & Video)
