GET BOTTOM TRAWLING GONE

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

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

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=qscC03XQ

#ecosystem #extinction #bottomtrawling #haurakigulf

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We can have a thriving where is abundant but to get to that future, 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 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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petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz

#missionbay #bottomtrawling #marinelife #haurakigulf

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BOTTOM TRAWLING TO CONTINUE IN HAURAKI GOLF

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

We know that is the worst kind of commercial , bulldozing the and indiscriminately destroying ancient and other .

🐟🌊 🐠 🐳πŸͺΈπŸ‘ πŸͺΌπŸ¦ž

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#overfishing #protectourwildlife #saveourseas #marinelife #coral #seafloor #fishing #bottomtrawling #haurakigulf

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Nathalie Steins · @NathalieSteins
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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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@erinwhalen - for fish farms I would ask about source of feed? including fish-oil supplements? & seek a group-wide commitment against supplies from destructive , not present in the vague statements on pelagia.com/cm/esg/

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

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

#bottomtrawling #greenwash #sustainability

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Deep-Sea Biology Society · @dsbsoc
95 followers · 78 posts · Server mstdn.science

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

#mining #bottomtrawling

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OneOcean · @OceanFlotilla
43 followers · 57 posts · Server mastodon.world

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

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

#bottomtrawling #mpas #30x30

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Glyn Moody · @glynmoody
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NathalieSteins · @NathalieSteins
23 followers · 36 posts · Server masto.nu

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

#fisheriesscience #danmark #bottomtrawling #fisheries #fisheriesmanagement #fishers #Fishing

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Mirella von Lindenfels · @mvonlind
3 followers · 82 posts · Server ohai.social

RT @our_fish@twitter.com

Fish are carbon engineers! Fish poop πŸ³πŸ’©could be a shield against 😯
@VSinkevicius@twitter.com @TimmermansEU@twitter.com ensure β€œprecious poop layers” in are not destroyed by . !
@EU_ENV@twitter.com @EU_MARE@twitter.com

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/our_fish/status/16

#climatechange #ourocean #bottomtrawling #banbottomtrawling #eubiodiversity #climatecrisis

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Andy McKay · @KorimakoEcology
865 followers · 996 posts · Server ecoevo.social

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?"

nzgeo.com/stories/a-clean-swee

#fisheries #fisheriesmanagement #bottomtrawling #trawling

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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
205 followers · 108 posts · Server h-net.social
Vigdis Vandvik · @VVandvik
485 followers · 227 posts · Server ecoevo.social

RT @PerErikSchulze@twitter.com

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

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/PerErikSchulze/sta

#bottomtrawling

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Vigdis Vandvik · @VVandvik
450 followers · 137 posts · Server ecoevo.social

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 these Norwegian coastal waters. What are you up to now same time this year, then?
Ping @bjoskj@twitter.com @fiskeridir@twitter.com twitter.com/PerErikSchulze/sta

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/PerErikSchulze/sta

#bottomtrawling

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