Government proposes two new marine nature parks to protect Danish waters

The Danish cabinet, together with the support party Alternativet, has put forward a budget amendment to establish two marine nature national parks as part of the 2027 financial plan. The initiative targets the restoration of marine habitats through measures like building stone reefs and sowing eelgrass, and proposes bans on industrial fishing and seabed mining in the designated zones. Environment Minister Maria Reumert Gjerding stressed the long-term exploitation pressures on the sea, and Alternativet’s environmental spokesperson Torsten Gejl pointed to the high potential of the Aarhus Bay area. The proposal allocates multi-year financing for the projects, which would follow earlier parks created in the Øresund and Lillebælt regions.