GET BOTTOM TRAWLING GONE

The #HaurakiGulf is in crisis. A century of degradation, from #BottomTrawling has pushed this unique place to the brink, and now many of its precious species are in a tailspin towards #extinction.

To turn things around, we’ve got to protect the whole area from bottom trawl fishing methods, and allow this unique marine #ecosystem to recover.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qscC03XQ4RY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email-list&utm_content=Oceans+-+bottom+trawl+action+share+-+15+Aug+23+oceans&j=149472&sfmc_sub=37035550&jb=5

We can have a thriving #HaurakiGulf where #MarineLife is abundant but to get to that future, #BottomTrawling has got to go.

The public mandate for change is strong. More than 36,000 people signed this petition calling for an end to trawl methods in the Gulf and hundreds turned up on the beach and water at #MissionBay earlier this year to call for the same. If you were one of them, thank you! If not, you can still sign the petition here.

- Greenpeace NZ

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https://petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz/oceans-ban-bottom-trawling-hauraki-gulf?qs=bc1e2b95fbada075c208d3ea8cc84983ba9a642a2d646d461cd466cd70ee2cbae0b20ceb7f67aafa8c5c6618f752b53519bae51dd03cd25f7e682453b84278dfb6029a891f0ed4e878a8e68bc8fbe916ac6f97cf8bfb0056c67333a67da7a764288805ed8ccda8c9&utm_campaign=Oceans&utm_term=rg&j=149012&sfmc_sub=37035550&l=75_HTML&u=3355024&mid=514004893&jb=3005&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email-list&utm_content=Oceans+-+Hauraki+Gulf+BT+update+-+10+August+23+non+signers&j=149012&sfmc_sub=37035550&jb=3005

BOTTOM TRAWLING TO CONTINUE IN HAURAKI GOLF

Yesterday the Government announced it WILL allow destructive bottom trawling to continue in large areas of the #HaurakiGulf.

We know that #BottomTrawling is the worst kind of commercial #fishing, bulldozing the #seafloor and indiscriminately destroying ancient #coral and other #MarineLife.

#SaveOurSeas #ProtectOurWildlife #Fishing #Overfishing 🐟🌊 🐠 🐳🪸🐡 🪼🦞

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Food for thought in a recent #fisheriesscience publication in the #ICES Journal of #marine #science:

Well-managed #bottomtrawling #fisheries produce #food with lower #environmental #impact than terrestrial #animal #protein (#chicken #pork #beef). If animal protein is to remain part of our #diet, a way to go for #sustainability is not to ban #trawling, but to build #fishery #management #capacity. 👇

https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icesjms/fsad115/7226311?guestaccesskey=394c36c4-22c7-4412-87e3-d68a44471525&login=false

@erinwhalen - for fish farms I would ask about source of feed? including fish-oil supplements? & seek a group-wide commitment against supplies from destructive #BottomTrawling, not present in the vague statements on https://pelagia.com/cm/esg/

The proposed EU directive on #greenwash focuses on accuracy & clarity, rather than relevance?

Meanwhile we can applaud zero-waste while highlighting key questions of #sustainability for each business, in group context. Thanks for highlighting this example!

They are also interested in bringing the plight that deep-sea species have been facing to the public's attention — in particular, #mining and #BottomTrawling. 3/5

An analysis of fishing vessel data has revealed that in 2021 #BottomTrawling or dredging took place in more than 90% of the UK’s offshore #MPAs.

Marine parks are a cornerstone of the government’s target to protect 30% of ocean biodiversity by 2030. https://bit.ly/3U7qm3t #30x30

LEAK: EU biodiversity plan aims to ban #BottomTrawling in protected areas https://www.euractiv.com/section/biodiversity/news/leak-eu-biodiversity-plan-aims-to-ban-bottom-trawling-in-protected-areas/ long overdue

Great platform developed by DTU-AQUA #fisheriesscience aims to provide accurate information on #danmark #bottomtrawling #fisheries, to support science-based #fisheriesmanagement of the Danish waters. It shows the spatial distribution and intensity of all bottom trawl gears used by Danish #fishers and provides quantitative #Fishing pressure indicators as advised by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
https://ono.dtuaqua.dk/DDFAM/

RT @our_fish@twitter.com

Fish are carbon engineers! Fish poop 🐳💩could be a shield against #ClimateChange 😯
@VSinkevicius@twitter.com @TimmermansEU@twitter.com ensure “precious poop layers” in #OurOcean are not destroyed by #BottomTrawling. #BanBottomTrawling!
#EUBiodiversity #ClimateCrisis @EU_ENV@twitter.com @EU_MARE@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/our_fish/status/1617439724615991296

Kate Evans has consistently been the best journalist writing about fisheries in Aotearoa New Zealand for quite a few years now.

"A CLEAN SWEEP?

Every year, New Zealand vessels drag trawl gear across nearly 100,000 square kilometres of our seafloor. We are the only nation still trawling on the high seas of the South Pacific. Can we make bottom trawling better? Or should we ban it altogether?"

#Fisheries #FisheriesManagement #BottomTrawling #Trawling

https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/a-clean-sweep/

The @UN #OceanDecade is the perfect time to highlight the negative impacts of unregulated #BottomTrawling and stop the threat it poses to #underwater #CulturalHeritage and #NaturalHeritage! 🤿⚓️🪸🌊
#SaveOurOcean #UnderwaterHeritage

- comment from Prof Sarah Ward who works on fascinating #MaritimeArchaeology projects (https://sarahward.org/immersed/) .

More reasons to #EndBottomTrawling - and how:
https://projectseahorse.org/limiting-fisheries/endbottomtrawling/

#AnnihilationFishing #SaveOurOceans #ProjectSeahorse

RT @PerErikSchulze@twitter.com

Danish trawler Carpe Diem was last Christmas caught illegally fishing protected halibut, #bottomtrawling Norwegian coastal waters near Jomfruland Marine National Park. Days before this years' protected period they visited again. Tracks leave little doubt they targeted something:

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PerErikSchulze/status/1606260637373321216

RT @PerErikSchulze@twitter.com

Danish trawler Carpe Diem, you seem to be far astray again? Last Christmas you and your friends were caught illegally fishing protected halibut by #bottomtrawling these Norwegian coastal waters. What are you up to now same time this year, then?
Ping @bjoskj@twitter.com @fiskeridir@twitter.com https://twitter.com/PerErikSchulze/status/1507989246124113925

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PerErikSchulze/status/1603820460772585472