Bottom trawling decimates wildlife, destroys ocean habitats & deepens the climate crisis. How was 20,000+ HOURS permitted in UK protected areas last year?! It's time for a ban. 🚨🚫⏰
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💥 ACT NOW: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
🗞️ Coverage of our new research: geographical.co.uk/news/uks-pro...
May 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Each year bottom trawlers disturbs about 4.9 million km² of seabed, roughly 1.3% of the ocean.👺
That’s about 1.5× the area of India (or ~two-thirds of Australia) being ‘harvested’ from the bottom every year.
#BanBottomTrawling #StopEatingFish #LiveVegan ✌️
That’s about 1.5× the area of India (or ~two-thirds of Australia) being ‘harvested’ from the bottom every year.
#BanBottomTrawling #StopEatingFish #LiveVegan ✌️
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Each year bottom trawlers disturbs about 4.9 million km² of seabed, roughly 1.3% of the ocean.👺
That’s about 1.5× the area of India (or ~two-thirds of Australia) being ‘harvested’ from the bottom every year.
#BanBottomTrawling #StopEatingFish #LiveVegan ✌️
That’s about 1.5× the area of India (or ~two-thirds of Australia) being ‘harvested’ from the bottom every year.
#BanBottomTrawling #StopEatingFish #LiveVegan ✌️
Greenpeace has projected images of coral destroyed by New Zealand bottom trawlers onto a central Wellington building as an international fisheries meeting starts nearby.
#ProtectTheOceans #BanBottomTrawling #nzpol
#ProtectTheOceans #BanBottomTrawling #nzpol
September 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Greenpeace has projected images of coral destroyed by New Zealand bottom trawlers onto a central Wellington building as an international fisheries meeting starts nearby.
#ProtectTheOceans #BanBottomTrawling #nzpol
#ProtectTheOceans #BanBottomTrawling #nzpol
Beeindruckende Aufnahmen, wie Fische vor einem Grundschleppnetz in Todesangst flüchten. Es rasiert mit einer "Scheuchkette" den Grund. Für ein paar Dorsche u a Speisefische sterben wesentlich mehr Tiere (auch Haie u Rochen) - sie gehen tot als Abfall (Discard) wieder ins Meer
#BanBottomTrawling
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#BanBottomTrawling
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Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊
May 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Beeindruckende Aufnahmen, wie Fische vor einem Grundschleppnetz in Todesangst flüchten. Es rasiert mit einer "Scheuchkette" den Grund. Für ein paar Dorsche u a Speisefische sterben wesentlich mehr Tiere (auch Haie u Rochen) - sie gehen tot als Abfall (Discard) wieder ins Meer
#BanBottomTrawling
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#BanBottomTrawling
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Stoppt die Grundschleppnetzfischerei!
Sie ist die zerstörerischste, industrielle Fischereimethode der Welt.
Lasst uns die Meere schützen,
damit sie uns schützen können.
Macht bitte mit und unterschreibt die Petition! ⬇️
#BanBottomTrawling #Klimawandel #CR41W
Sie ist die zerstörerischste, industrielle Fischereimethode der Welt.
Lasst uns die Meere schützen,
damit sie uns schützen können.
Macht bitte mit und unterschreibt die Petition! ⬇️
#BanBottomTrawling #Klimawandel #CR41W
Stoppt die Grundschleppnetzfischerei!
Mach mit! Grundschleppnetzfischerei zerstört unseren Meeresboden. Unterschreibe die Petition, um Grundschleppnetzfischerei zu beenden. #BanBottomTrawling
action.wemove.eu
October 19, 2023 at 9:53 PM
Stoppt die Grundschleppnetzfischerei!
Sie ist die zerstörerischste, industrielle Fischereimethode der Welt.
Lasst uns die Meere schützen,
damit sie uns schützen können.
Macht bitte mit und unterschreibt die Petition! ⬇️
#BanBottomTrawling #Klimawandel #CR41W
Sie ist die zerstörerischste, industrielle Fischereimethode der Welt.
Lasst uns die Meere schützen,
damit sie uns schützen können.
Macht bitte mit und unterschreibt die Petition! ⬇️
#BanBottomTrawling #Klimawandel #CR41W
Commercial bottom trawlers haul up 35 tonnes of protected coral in six years
#BanBottomTrawling
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
#BanBottomTrawling
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Commercial trawlers haul up 35 tonnes of protected coral in six years
Commercial trawlers reported hauling up more than 35 tonnes of protected coral and sponges in New Zealand waters over a six and a half year period, fresh Ministry for Primary Industries data shows.
www.thepress.co.nz
September 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Commercial bottom trawlers haul up 35 tonnes of protected coral in six years
#BanBottomTrawling
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
#BanBottomTrawling
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Attenborough’s new film is bringing audiences to tears, and one voice has gone silent in its wake: the global fishing industry.
Bottom trawling is indefensible.
#OceanFilm #BanBottomTrawling #nzpol
Bottom trawling is indefensible.
#OceanFilm #BanBottomTrawling #nzpol
Attenborough’s new doco is bringing audiences to tears. One voice has gone completely silent in its wake
What may turn out to be David Attenborough’s last film might turn out to be his greatest legacy.
www.smh.com.au
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Attenborough’s new film is bringing audiences to tears, and one voice has gone silent in its wake: the global fishing industry.
Bottom trawling is indefensible.
#OceanFilm #BanBottomTrawling #nzpol
Bottom trawling is indefensible.
#OceanFilm #BanBottomTrawling #nzpol
May 19, 2026 at 9:25 PM
So awful to see these little sharks desperately trying to escape a needless death in a Talley’s bottom trawling net.
#BanBottomTrawling
#BanBottomTrawling
June 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
So awful to see these little sharks desperately trying to escape a needless death in a Talley’s bottom trawling net.
#BanBottomTrawling
#BanBottomTrawling
The EU must lead by example with simpler rules to #BanBottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas in the #OceanAct!🪸🐟
Properly protecting MPAs restores marine life, strengthens climate resilience, supports sustainable fisheries, and a thriving #BlueEconomy.
Properly protecting MPAs restores marine life, strengthens climate resilience, supports sustainable fisheries, and a thriving #BlueEconomy.
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The EU must lead by example with simpler rules to #BanBottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas in the #OceanAct!🪸🐟
Properly protecting MPAs restores marine life, strengthens climate resilience, supports sustainable fisheries, and a thriving #BlueEconomy.
Properly protecting MPAs restores marine life, strengthens climate resilience, supports sustainable fisheries, and a thriving #BlueEconomy.
Out of 113 marine protected areas for ocean wildlife like puffins & porpoises, only 2 have full protection from destructive bottom-trawling fishing, our new research shows 🚫
Protected in name only isn’t protection at all.
Our seas deserve more 🌊 https://bit.ly/4wMTsHK
#BanBottomTrawling in MPAs
Protected in name only isn’t protection at all.
Our seas deserve more 🌊 https://bit.ly/4wMTsHK
#BanBottomTrawling in MPAs
July 19, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Out of 113 marine protected areas for ocean wildlife like puffins & porpoises, only 2 have full protection from destructive bottom-trawling fishing, our new research shows 🚫
Protected in name only isn’t protection at all.
Our seas deserve more 🌊 https://bit.ly/4wMTsHK
#BanBottomTrawling in MPAs
Protected in name only isn’t protection at all.
Our seas deserve more 🌊 https://bit.ly/4wMTsHK
#BanBottomTrawling in MPAs
ICYMI
Greenpeace has revealed footage of deep sea areas intensively fished by NZ bottom trawlers for decades.
The shocking footage shows huge areas of coral turned to rubble.
We have to #BanBottomTrawling.
#nzpol
Greenpeace has revealed footage of deep sea areas intensively fished by NZ bottom trawlers for decades.
The shocking footage shows huge areas of coral turned to rubble.
We have to #BanBottomTrawling.
#nzpol
‘Coral graveyard’: Environmentalists blame deep-sea damage on NZ trawlers
Greenpeace took a vessel equipped with underwater cameras to survey known trawl zones.
www.nzherald.co.nz
April 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
ICYMI
Greenpeace has revealed footage of deep sea areas intensively fished by NZ bottom trawlers for decades.
The shocking footage shows huge areas of coral turned to rubble.
We have to #BanBottomTrawling.
#nzpol
Greenpeace has revealed footage of deep sea areas intensively fished by NZ bottom trawlers for decades.
The shocking footage shows huge areas of coral turned to rubble.
We have to #BanBottomTrawling.
#nzpol
Over 99% of bottom trawling takes place within national Exclusive Economic Zones, mostly overlapping with small‑scale fisheries.
We urge governments to establish, expand and strengthen Inshore Exclusion Zones and #BanBottomTrawling in them.
Learn more: transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
We urge governments to establish, expand and strengthen Inshore Exclusion Zones and #BanBottomTrawling in them.
Learn more: transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
April 14, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Over 99% of bottom trawling takes place within national Exclusive Economic Zones, mostly overlapping with small‑scale fisheries.
We urge governments to establish, expand and strengthen Inshore Exclusion Zones and #BanBottomTrawling in them.
Learn more: transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
We urge governments to establish, expand and strengthen Inshore Exclusion Zones and #BanBottomTrawling in them.
Learn more: transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
March 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We welcome Denmark's🇩🇰 decision to #BanBottomTrawling in over 17% of its marine area, aiming to regenerate the seabed & restore vital fishing grounds.
Oceana has conducted research in parts of the Little Belt to document its underwater biodiversity, & proposed it for protection.
Oceana has conducted research in parts of the Little Belt to document its underwater biodiversity, & proposed it for protection.
February 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We welcome Denmark's🇩🇰 decision to #BanBottomTrawling in over 17% of its marine area, aiming to regenerate the seabed & restore vital fishing grounds.
Oceana has conducted research in parts of the Little Belt to document its underwater biodiversity, & proposed it for protection.
Oceana has conducted research in parts of the Little Belt to document its underwater biodiversity, & proposed it for protection.
🌊 Last night, the Swedish gov proposed a law change to enable a future ban on #BottomTrawling in #MPAs.
NGOs welcome this important milestone!💙
#PressRelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#BanBottomtrawling #ProtectedMeansProtected
#OceanPact
NGOs welcome this important milestone!💙
#PressRelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#BanBottomtrawling #ProtectedMeansProtected
#OceanPact
January 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🌊 Last night, the Swedish gov proposed a law change to enable a future ban on #BottomTrawling in #MPAs.
NGOs welcome this important milestone!💙
#PressRelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#BanBottomtrawling #ProtectedMeansProtected
#OceanPact
NGOs welcome this important milestone!💙
#PressRelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#BanBottomtrawling #ProtectedMeansProtected
#OceanPact
"Bottom trawling is taking place in our waters everyday. Does the Noble Lady agree time is of the essence?"
We're STILL waiting for govt to act on a proposed ban of bottom trawling in 41 marine protected areas in England. Our seas cannot wait much longer. Time to #BanBottomTrawling in #MPAs!
We're STILL waiting for govt to act on a proposed ban of bottom trawling in 41 marine protected areas in England. Our seas cannot wait much longer. Time to #BanBottomTrawling in #MPAs!
April 17, 2026 at 12:26 PM
"Bottom trawling is taking place in our waters everyday. Does the Noble Lady agree time is of the essence?"
We're STILL waiting for govt to act on a proposed ban of bottom trawling in 41 marine protected areas in England. Our seas cannot wait much longer. Time to #BanBottomTrawling in #MPAs!
We're STILL waiting for govt to act on a proposed ban of bottom trawling in 41 marine protected areas in England. Our seas cannot wait much longer. Time to #BanBottomTrawling in #MPAs!
Today Oceana and other partners are launching #ProtectOurCatch, a campaign urging European leaders to #BanBottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas, with a two-fold result: support the future of small-scale fishers and restore marine ecosystems 🌊
Read more➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
Read more➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
February 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Today Oceana and other partners are launching #ProtectOurCatch, a campaign urging European leaders to #BanBottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas, with a two-fold result: support the future of small-scale fishers and restore marine ecosystems 🌊
Read more➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
Read more➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
Today small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society organisations handed a petition signed by 250,000 Europeans to Costas Kadis, urging him to #BanBottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas, through an #OceanPact where #Protectedmeansprotected.
➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
May 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Today small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society organisations handed a petition signed by 250,000 Europeans to Costas Kadis, urging him to #BanBottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas, through an #OceanPact where #Protectedmeansprotected.
➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
#BanBottomTrawling 🐬: Wir hatten schon seit paar Wochen keine Umweltklage-News mehr hier bei uns #LawyersForFuture 🎓. Diesen Hinweis teilen wir daher gerne. Wenn euch was fehlt, gerne DM. Schönes Wochenende! #RuleOfLaw #NoPlanetB #EUGreenDeal
Der Druck auf die Politik steigt: Jetzt reihen sich auch die Niederlande in die europaweite Bewegung zum Schutz der Meeresschutzgebiete ein! 💪🌊 Dort klagen unsere Partner-Organisationen nun gegen die #Grundschleppnetzfischerei im 🇳🇱 Teil der #Doggerbank. 1/4
January 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#BanBottomTrawling 🐬: Wir hatten schon seit paar Wochen keine Umweltklage-News mehr hier bei uns #LawyersForFuture 🎓. Diesen Hinweis teilen wir daher gerne. Wenn euch was fehlt, gerne DM. Schönes Wochenende! #RuleOfLaw #NoPlanetB #EUGreenDeal
🇪🇺 NGOs ask to finally #BanBottomTrawling in MPAs.
Today small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society organisations handed a petition signed by 250,000 Europeans to Costas Kadis, urging him to #BanBottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas, through an #OceanPact where #Protectedmeansprotected.
➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
May 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🇪🇺 NGOs ask to finally #BanBottomTrawling in MPAs.
Bottom trawling in marine protected areas?
Yep, you heard that right.
🎙️ Our Campaigns Director @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social lays it out on Channel 5 TV with Danielle Sinha, & it’s a wake-up call.
Protected areas should be protected. Full stop.
📺 Watch + share. #BanBottomTrawling in #MPAs
Yep, you heard that right.
🎙️ Our Campaigns Director @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social lays it out on Channel 5 TV with Danielle Sinha, & it’s a wake-up call.
Protected areas should be protected. Full stop.
📺 Watch + share. #BanBottomTrawling in #MPAs
June 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bottom trawling in marine protected areas?
Yep, you heard that right.
🎙️ Our Campaigns Director @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social lays it out on Channel 5 TV with Danielle Sinha, & it’s a wake-up call.
Protected areas should be protected. Full stop.
📺 Watch + share. #BanBottomTrawling in #MPAs
Yep, you heard that right.
🎙️ Our Campaigns Director @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social lays it out on Channel 5 TV with Danielle Sinha, & it’s a wake-up call.
Protected areas should be protected. Full stop.
📺 Watch + share. #BanBottomTrawling in #MPAs