A marine archaeologist warns urgent action is needed to stop heavy contemporary fishing nets obliterating significant historic artefactsThey are some of the country’s greatest untouched treasures,having lain undisturbed on the seabed, in some cases for centuries. But now these archaeological riches are being destroyed at an unprecedented rate before scientists or historians can get their hands on them.
Once shipwrecks own been struck by fishing gear, or they – and their contents – are obliterated for everContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com