Denmark accuses UK of breaking Brexit fishing deal over trawling ban

Exclusive: Danish minister says proposal to ban bottom trawling in Dogger Bank a very big problem'

Denmark has accused the UK of breaching the post-Brexit fisheries deal over plans to ban destructive bottom trawling in a North Sea conservation zone.

The UK announced in February that it wanted to ban bottom trawling at the Dogger Bank conservation zone in the North Sea, a move hailed by environmentalists hopeful of seeing a resurgence of halibut, sharks and skate in the once marine life rich sandbank.