Enforcing EU Marine Protected Areas Becomes the Focus of a New Legal Coalition
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The MPA Legal Coalition, launched in September 2026 in Brussels, brings together eleven organizations including Oceana, ClientEarth, and the Blue Marine Foundation to enforce existing EU marine protected areas by challenging destructive bottom trawling and pressing the European Commission to open infringement proceedings against member states allowing harmful fishing in protected zones.
The coalition's formal infringement proceedings and national legal cases are still underway; enforcement outcomes depend on EU and national court decisions.
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