While much of UK's Dogger Bank has been protected for its unique seabed habitat, destructive industrial activities like oil and gas extraction as well as fishing practices like bottom trawling have continued, even in the protected zones. news.mongabay.com/2026/07/wind...

Wind farms join bottom trawlers and oil rigs in a protected North Sea sandbankIn the North Sea, the vast, shallow sandbank known as Dogger Bank was once among the most productive marine nurseries in Europe. The area stretches across U.K., Dutch, German and Danish waters, and is...news.mongabay.com