Illegal fishing damaging seagrass vital for marine life in Tunisia, EJF reports

Scant enforcement of laws against illegal trawling in Tunisia is exacerbating marine seagrass erosion, damaging a habitat critical for marine life in the Mediterranean Sea. To highlight this issue, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), in partnership with FishAct, has released a detailed report showcasing rampant kiss trawling, a form of illegal bottom-trawling, in Tunisia’s Gulf of Gabes. The gulf is home to large forests of Posidonia oceanica seagrass, more commonly known as Neptune…