'Paper Parks'?

The European Environmental Agency has noted that fewer than 1% of the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), designated by the EU, actually ban fishing (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/03/auditors-slam-eu-for-marine-protected-areas-that-fail-to-protect-ocean). This has led to clear losses of biodiversity in those areas (they appear to be only notional 'paper parks'). It has also been noted that only 6% of the £5.4bn European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, allocated to protect MPA's, has been used. Clearly, the EU countries are keener on fishing than they are on environmental protections (even when there is cash to do it). It is pretty bad, when supposedly enlightened folk, only 'play' at protecting their seas. It doesn't set a good example to anyone else in any drive to maintain the health of our oceans.