eep into the sea off the coast of Talamone in Tuscany, lie a mermaid and a reclining figure carved in smooth Carrara marble.
With other statues, they form a strange, dreamy underwater museum. They are silent guardians, protecting the sea against gangs trawling illegally at night.
With heavy chains dragging on the seafloor, trawlers uproot Posidonia meadows, a vital seagrass in the Mediterranean, which…