November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
These may look like sci-fi stills, but they’re real creatures from the deep ocean.
This incredible, little-explored world faces big threats like #bottomtrawling and deep-sea mining. We must fight to #DefendTheDeep.
Credit: NOAA
This incredible, little-explored world faces big threats like #bottomtrawling and deep-sea mining. We must fight to #DefendTheDeep.
Credit: NOAA
November 18, 2024 at 11:02 AM
These may look like sci-fi stills, but they’re real creatures from the deep ocean.
This incredible, little-explored world faces big threats like #bottomtrawling and deep-sea mining. We must fight to #DefendTheDeep.
Credit: NOAA
This incredible, little-explored world faces big threats like #bottomtrawling and deep-sea mining. We must fight to #DefendTheDeep.
Credit: NOAA
#WorldOceanDay2025 🌊
'Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate'
Sir David #Attenborough's new documentary 'Ocean' reminds us to look after our oceans & #planet by making sustainable choices
#worldoceanday
#marinelife
#environment
#bycatch
#bottomtrawling
#biodiversity
#photography
#FotoVorschlag
'Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate'
Sir David #Attenborough's new documentary 'Ocean' reminds us to look after our oceans & #planet by making sustainable choices
#worldoceanday
#marinelife
#environment
#bycatch
#bottomtrawling
#biodiversity
#photography
#FotoVorschlag
June 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#WorldOceanDay2025 🌊
'Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate'
Sir David #Attenborough's new documentary 'Ocean' reminds us to look after our oceans & #planet by making sustainable choices
#worldoceanday
#marinelife
#environment
#bycatch
#bottomtrawling
#biodiversity
#photography
#FotoVorschlag
'Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate'
Sir David #Attenborough's new documentary 'Ocean' reminds us to look after our oceans & #planet by making sustainable choices
#worldoceanday
#marinelife
#environment
#bycatch
#bottomtrawling
#biodiversity
#photography
#FotoVorschlag
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court.
#ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court.
#ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court.
#ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court.
#ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
🗣️ "It's like ripping up an orchard to pick an apple"
🌊 @katiewhitemp.bsky.social banging the drum for our seas in Parliament today with her motion to ban #BottomTrawling from marine protected areas. We love to see it! 🙌🔽
🌊 @katiewhitemp.bsky.social banging the drum for our seas in Parliament today with her motion to ban #BottomTrawling from marine protected areas. We love to see it! 🙌🔽
January 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🗣️ "It's like ripping up an orchard to pick an apple"
🌊 @katiewhitemp.bsky.social banging the drum for our seas in Parliament today with her motion to ban #BottomTrawling from marine protected areas. We love to see it! 🙌🔽
🌊 @katiewhitemp.bsky.social banging the drum for our seas in Parliament today with her motion to ban #BottomTrawling from marine protected areas. We love to see it! 🙌🔽
🌊 We haven't forgotten that before the election, Labour promised to end the destruction of bottom-trawl fishing. And clearly neither has @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social.
So, where is the action to protect our #ocean havens? Where's the #bottomtrawling public consultation we were promised? ⌛️🪸
So, where is the action to protect our #ocean havens? Where's the #bottomtrawling public consultation we were promised? ⌛️🪸
April 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🌊 We haven't forgotten that before the election, Labour promised to end the destruction of bottom-trawl fishing. And clearly neither has @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social.
So, where is the action to protect our #ocean havens? Where's the #bottomtrawling public consultation we were promised? ⌛️🪸
So, where is the action to protect our #ocean havens? Where's the #bottomtrawling public consultation we were promised? ⌛️🪸
Please ask #EU to ban #BottomTrawling!
It destroys the sea bottom and also kills huge amount of non-targeted fish and marine life.
#fishing #oceans
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
It destroys the sea bottom and also kills huge amount of non-targeted fish and marine life.
#fishing #oceans
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
May 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Please ask #EU to ban #BottomTrawling!
It destroys the sea bottom and also kills huge amount of non-targeted fish and marine life.
#fishing #oceans
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
It destroys the sea bottom and also kills huge amount of non-targeted fish and marine life.
#fishing #oceans
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
🗣️ "Let's be clear: this activity is unbelievably destructive. It's practically bulldozing entire habitats."
#BottomTrawling has NO place in marine protected areas. 2025 must be the year we finally ban it from these areas. Well done, Lord Gascoigne, for championing our seas 👏
#OceanProtection
#BottomTrawling has NO place in marine protected areas. 2025 must be the year we finally ban it from these areas. Well done, Lord Gascoigne, for championing our seas 👏
#OceanProtection
January 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🗣️ "Let's be clear: this activity is unbelievably destructive. It's practically bulldozing entire habitats."
#BottomTrawling has NO place in marine protected areas. 2025 must be the year we finally ban it from these areas. Well done, Lord Gascoigne, for championing our seas 👏
#OceanProtection
#BottomTrawling has NO place in marine protected areas. 2025 must be the year we finally ban it from these areas. Well done, Lord Gascoigne, for championing our seas 👏
#OceanProtection
For this upcoming #WorldOceansDay (June 8) we want to draw your attention to one of the ocean’s most destructive threats: #BottomTrawling.
💙Learn how you can take action projectseahorse.org/limiting-fis...
#Trawlfreeocean #WorldOceansDay2025 #SavingSeahorses
💙Learn how you can take action projectseahorse.org/limiting-fis...
#Trawlfreeocean #WorldOceansDay2025 #SavingSeahorses
June 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
For this upcoming #WorldOceansDay (June 8) we want to draw your attention to one of the ocean’s most destructive threats: #BottomTrawling.
💙Learn how you can take action projectseahorse.org/limiting-fis...
#Trawlfreeocean #WorldOceansDay2025 #SavingSeahorses
💙Learn how you can take action projectseahorse.org/limiting-fis...
#Trawlfreeocean #WorldOceansDay2025 #SavingSeahorses
Thank you. Thank you! Anyone who has seen the Attenborough film #Ocean would have a vivid picture of the horrors of #bottomtrawling
LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - The British government said on Monday it planned to extend a ban on bottom trawling to protect marine life amid calls from acclaimed naturalist David Attenborough and Prince William for urgent measures to protect the world's oceans.
Newsdeck: UK seeks to extend ban on bottom trawling fishing in English seas
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Thank you. Thank you! Anyone who has seen the Attenborough film #Ocean would have a vivid picture of the horrors of #bottomtrawling
🌊 This is the reality behind ‘protected’ UK seas
Industrial bottom trawling bulldozing the seafloor & killing ocean wildlife
We can’t protect nature while leaving it open to such destruction 🚫
✊ Act now: bit.ly/oceanauk
📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
Industrial bottom trawling bulldozing the seafloor & killing ocean wildlife
We can’t protect nature while leaving it open to such destruction 🚫
✊ Act now: bit.ly/oceanauk
📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
July 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
🌊 This is the reality behind ‘protected’ UK seas
Industrial bottom trawling bulldozing the seafloor & killing ocean wildlife
We can’t protect nature while leaving it open to such destruction 🚫
✊ Act now: bit.ly/oceanauk
📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
Industrial bottom trawling bulldozing the seafloor & killing ocean wildlife
We can’t protect nature while leaving it open to such destruction 🚫
✊ Act now: bit.ly/oceanauk
📢 Ban #BottomTrawling in MPAs
🌊 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
🚨The government pledged to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, yet bottom trawling is STILL allowed in UK marine "protected" areas.
Join us and demand #bottomtrawling is BANNED in our #ocean havens!
➡️➡️➡️ act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Join us and demand #bottomtrawling is BANNED in our #ocean havens!
➡️➡️➡️ act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
April 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨The government pledged to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, yet bottom trawling is STILL allowed in UK marine "protected" areas.
Join us and demand #bottomtrawling is BANNED in our #ocean havens!
➡️➡️➡️ act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Join us and demand #bottomtrawling is BANNED in our #ocean havens!
➡️➡️➡️ act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Very worried 2 hear Commissioner Kadis backtracking on banning #BottomTrawling in (supposedly) protected areas saying need impact assessments
Physically bulldozing away entire benthic communities cannot have negligible ecological impact. Case by case assessment is just excuse for more lawbreaking
Physically bulldozing away entire benthic communities cannot have negligible ecological impact. Case by case assessment is just excuse for more lawbreaking
March 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Very worried 2 hear Commissioner Kadis backtracking on banning #BottomTrawling in (supposedly) protected areas saying need impact assessments
Physically bulldozing away entire benthic communities cannot have negligible ecological impact. Case by case assessment is just excuse for more lawbreaking
Physically bulldozing away entire benthic communities cannot have negligible ecological impact. Case by case assessment is just excuse for more lawbreaking
📢 The @tbtcoalition.bsky.social has launched a report examining the relationship between industrial #BottomTrawling and food security, based on nine case studies across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, Oceania, & North America.
📄 Read the full report: transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
📄 Read the full report: transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
April 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
📢 The @tbtcoalition.bsky.social has launched a report examining the relationship between industrial #BottomTrawling and food security, based on nine case studies across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, Oceania, & North America.
📄 Read the full report: transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
📄 Read the full report: transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
🌊 We’re taking action against #BottomTrawling in marine protected areas.
Last year, we joined forces with @clientearth.bsky.social to take Spain to court for failing to protect their seas, but still nothing has changed.
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@clienteartheur.bsky.social
Last year, we joined forces with @clientearth.bsky.social to take Spain to court for failing to protect their seas, but still nothing has changed.
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@clienteartheur.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🌊 We’re taking action against #BottomTrawling in marine protected areas.
Last year, we joined forces with @clientearth.bsky.social to take Spain to court for failing to protect their seas, but still nothing has changed.
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@clienteartheur.bsky.social
Last year, we joined forces with @clientearth.bsky.social to take Spain to court for failing to protect their seas, but still nothing has changed.
#ProtectedMeansProtected
@clienteartheur.bsky.social
At #OOS2025, I am presenting our @projectseahorse.bsky.social work on (1) What happens when we ban #BottomTrawling (2) Why fishers engage with #BottomTrawling (3) How many fish species are caught in #BottomTrawling (4) Dangerous gaps in knowledge about #BottomTrawling. We have much more underway...
Sir David Attenborough’s latest film reveals the truth about bottom trawling — a fishing method that razes the seafloor like a bulldozer.
This #WorldOceansDay, let’s raise our voices and take a stand.
This #WorldOceansDay, let’s raise our voices and take a stand.
June 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
At #OOS2025, I am presenting our @projectseahorse.bsky.social work on (1) What happens when we ban #BottomTrawling (2) Why fishers engage with #BottomTrawling (3) How many fish species are caught in #BottomTrawling (4) Dangerous gaps in knowledge about #BottomTrawling. We have much more underway...
It’s Hard To Fathom How Large #Supertrawlers’ #Nets Are – Equivalent To 3 Eiffel Towers Lying Down www.iflscience.com/its-hard-to-... #bottomtrawling #fishing
How Long Are Supertrawler’s Nets? Imagine 3 Eiffel Towers Laying On Their Side
That’s a lot of indiscriminate scooping. Can it ever be sustainable?
www.iflscience.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:09 PM
It’s Hard To Fathom How Large #Supertrawlers’ #Nets Are – Equivalent To 3 Eiffel Towers Lying Down www.iflscience.com/its-hard-to-... #bottomtrawling #fishing
🚨 #DYK taxpayers are funding #ocean destruction? Bottom trawling in European waters could be costing society £9 BLN a year, Pristine Seas research shows. Yet taxpayers are still funding it through harmful subsidies. Demand a #bottomtrawling ban in ocean havens! act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
April 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🚨 #DYK taxpayers are funding #ocean destruction? Bottom trawling in European waters could be costing society £9 BLN a year, Pristine Seas research shows. Yet taxpayers are still funding it through harmful subsidies. Demand a #bottomtrawling ban in ocean havens! act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Deep-sea life in the Mediterranean doesn’t get a second chance.
We’re calling on @ec.europa.eu and the @fao.org to extend the #BottomTrawling ban to at least 800m and give these fragile ecosystems the protection they deserve. #DefendTheDeep
We’re calling on @ec.europa.eu and the @fao.org to extend the #BottomTrawling ban to at least 800m and give these fragile ecosystems the protection they deserve. #DefendTheDeep
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Deep-sea life in the Mediterranean doesn’t get a second chance.
We’re calling on @ec.europa.eu and the @fao.org to extend the #BottomTrawling ban to at least 800m and give these fragile ecosystems the protection they deserve. #DefendTheDeep
We’re calling on @ec.europa.eu and the @fao.org to extend the #BottomTrawling ban to at least 800m and give these fragile ecosystems the protection they deserve. #DefendTheDeep
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30
Learn more📽️⤵️
Yesterday, Westminster reviewed a motion to ban #bottomtrawling in Marine Protected Areas. This fishing practice drags weighted nets, sometimes as large as football fields, on the ocean floor. It damages it and is incompatible with any form of protection. (1/4)
January 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yesterday, Westminster reviewed a motion to ban #bottomtrawling in Marine Protected Areas. This fishing practice drags weighted nets, sometimes as large as football fields, on the ocean floor. It damages it and is incompatible with any form of protection. (1/4)
The British Government has been told to introduce a complete ban on #ocean #bottomtrawling in its waters, as a former environment minister said some companies were treating the #seas like a “bottomless pit”. theecologist.org/2025/oct/17/...
Bottom trawling ban 'must be top of agenda'
MPs call for British Government to ban bottom trawling as Parliament passes oceans Bill.
theecologist.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The British Government has been told to introduce a complete ban on #ocean #bottomtrawling in its waters, as a former environment minister said some companies were treating the #seas like a “bottomless pit”. theecologist.org/2025/oct/17/...
So pleased to see that #BottomTrawling is rising rapidly up the #UNOC3 agenda. Our @projectseahorse.bsky.social work on #BottomTrawling is featured in today's story in @theobserveruk.bsky.social. @ubcoceans.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...
Entertainment or emergency? Global leaders heed Attenboro...
Naturalist David Attenborough’s film Ocean highlighted the destructive fishing practice of bottom trawling, which involves dragging the seabed with heavy...
observer.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
So pleased to see that #BottomTrawling is rising rapidly up the #UNOC3 agenda. Our @projectseahorse.bsky.social work on #BottomTrawling is featured in today's story in @theobserveruk.bsky.social. @ubcoceans.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...
🦑🎣🌏🧪 Get excited for Cape Town!! #fisheries #marineconservation #oceanpolicy #DeepSeaMining #HighSeas #BBNJ #sharks #cetaceans #bycatch #MarineSpatialPlanning #coral #mangrove #seagrass #bottomtrawling #oceanoptimism #fishsky
Just announced! Registration for the 7th International Marine Conservation Congress is now open!
Register today to be part of this conference that brings together researchers, regulators, fishers, educators, artists, students and journalists. #IMCC7
Register today to be part of this conference that brings together researchers, regulators, fishers, educators, artists, students and journalists. #IMCC7
March 25, 2024 at 5:36 PM
🦑🎣🌏🧪 Get excited for Cape Town!! #fisheries #marineconservation #oceanpolicy #DeepSeaMining #HighSeas #BBNJ #sharks #cetaceans #bycatch #MarineSpatialPlanning #coral #mangrove #seagrass #bottomtrawling #oceanoptimism #fishsky