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Ika MakimakiDid you know: *70% of NZers think commercial fishing needs to change. 🎣 *72% want stronger laws to protect oceans and marine life. 🐳 *74% support a ban of <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> in the South Pacific high seas 🐙 *75% think more of the ocean should be protected. 🌊 *79% want ocean sanctuaries to be established in the South Pacific Ocean. 🦈 *81% want cameras on ALL commercial fishing vessels. 🐬 (Nov-24 poll)This government represents who, exactly?<a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ProtectTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheOcean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/fisheries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fisheries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZPol</a>

Claire Barnes<a href="https://mastodon.green/@mongabay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mongabay</a> Excellent article on the lack of protection in some 'Marine Protected Areas'.For more info on why we really must End Bottom Trawling, see <a href="https://projectseahorse.org/limiting-fisheries/endbottomtrawling/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://projectseahorse.org/limiting-fisheries/endbottomtrawling/</a> - from <a href="https://ecoevo.social/@projectseahorse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@projectseahorse</a> (see also their <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/ValentinesDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ValentinesDay</a> special ❤️❤️) End <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/SaveOurSeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveOurSeas</a> 🐟 🐙

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<a href="https://mas.to/tags/SuperTrawler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperTrawler</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/krill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#krill</a> 🦐🦐🦐🦐

Richard AshwellNGOs take France to court over trawling in Mediterranean 'protected' marine areasFrance currently allows highly destructive fishing methods such as <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> in so-called ‘protected’ marine areas in the Mediterranean, despite a Europe-wide ban BLOOM and ClientEarth are filing a lawsuit in the Administrative Court of Paris to ensure that France finally complies with laws to protect the Mediterranean <a href="https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press/ngos-take-france-to-court-over-trawling-in-mediterranean-protected-marine-areas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press/ngos-take-france-to-court-over-trawling-in-mediterranean-protected-marine-areas/</a><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ProtectTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheOcean</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oceans</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fishing</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BioDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BioDiversity</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BioDiversityLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BioDiversityLoss</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Trawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trawling</a>

Ika MakimakiNow we can see the damage caused by <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/seamounts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seamounts</a> This footage is from the Emperor Seamounts in the North Pacific <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocean</a> The difference is stark between trawled and pristine sites.In the South Pacific, New Zealand remains the only country still trawling seamounts.Global ocean sanctuaries would protect these biodiverse areas on the high seas.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-865DRqn5Ro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-865DRqn5Ro</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ProtectSeamounts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectSeamounts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BanBottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BanBottomTrawling</a>

Richard AshwellDolphins, turtles and other sensitive <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarineLife</a> are at threat from destructive <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> - which has been banned in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MarineProtectedAreas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarineProtectedAreas</a> for years.Now we need governments to enforce this ban - because “Protected” means “Protected”.Read more about destructive bottom trawling: <a href="https://brnw.ch/21wMD9L" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://brnw.ch/21wMD9L</a><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oceans</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ProtectOurOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectOurOceans</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a>

Ika MakimakiBottom trawling does serious damage to the ecosystems on the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocean</a> floor. We now have vision from the Emperor Seamounts illustrating precisely what is at risk.To protect the oceans, bottom trawling needs to stop.Footage released by <a href="https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@greenpeace</a> reveals damage in the deep ocean from industrial fishing <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/footage-released-by-greenpeace-reveals-damage-in-the-deep-ocean-from-industrial-fishing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/footage-released-by-greenpeace-reveals-damage-in-the-deep-ocean-from-industrial-fishing/</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Greenpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenpeace</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a>

DragofixDestructive fishing and why Bottom Trawling has to go <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#marinelife</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fishing</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BottomTrawling</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/8ZpiRIOlAIs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.youtube.com/live/8ZpiRIOlAIs</a>

DragofixSweden Bans Bottom Trawling in All Territorial Waters <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Sweden</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/waters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#waters</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BottomTrawling</a> <a href="https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/sweden-bans-bottom-trawling-in-all-territorial-waters/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/sweden-bans-bottom-trawling-in-all-territorial-waters/</a>

DragofixGreece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Greece</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#marinelife</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BottomTrawling</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/16/greece-becomes-first-european-country-to-ban-bottom-trawling-in-marine-parks" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/16/greece-becomes-first-european-country-to-ban-bottom-trawling-in-marine-parks</a>

PepijnOverfishing.org contained both an introduction to the issue of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overfishing</a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teaching</a> resources. See attached some evergreens (low resolution, DM me for high res).There's the "what, why, how" <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/infographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infographic</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satellite</a> imagery of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> in the Dutch <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Waddensea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Waddensea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a>, and a poster with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trawling</a> all around the world.As I'm <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sad</a> to see the website go I've renewed the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/domain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#domain</a> for one more year and am happy to "donate" it to a good cause. Any interest: DM me.2/2<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sea</a>

DragofixLawsuit Launched to Challenge Destructive Bottom-Trawl Study in Bering Sea <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sea</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BottomTrawling</a> <a href="https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-launched-to-challenge-destructive-bottom-trawl-study-in-bering-sea-2024-02-08/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-launched-to-challenge-destructive-bottom-trawl-study-in-bering-sea-2024-02-08/</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Seabed trawling found to be a major source of global <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CO2</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emissions</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> releases around 340 million tonnes of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/carbondioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbondioxide</a> into the atmosphere each year, according to the first study to estimate these emissions. That is nearly 1 per cent of all global CO2 emissions, a major contribution that has been overlooked until now. <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412752-seabed-trawling-found-to-be-a-major-source-of-global-co2-emissions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412752-seabed-trawling-found-to-be-a-major-source-of-global-co2-emissions/</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fishing</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatecrisis</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a>

DragofixEnd bottom trawling <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#oceans</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#marinelife</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BottomTrawling</a> <a href="https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-05-end-bottom-trawling-petition-EN" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-05-end-bottom-trawling-petition-EN</a>

DragofixCarbon catch and release: Study finds bottom trawlers stir up seabed CO2 <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sea</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/SeaBed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SeaBed</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/bottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bottomTrawling</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#carbon</a> <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/carbon-catch-and-release-study-finds-bottom-trawlers-stir-up-seabed-co2/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/carbon-catch-and-release-study-finds-bottom-trawlers-stir-up-seabed-co2/</a>

DragofixCarbon released by bottom trawling ‘too big to ignore’, says study <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#carbon</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BottomTrawling</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/18/carbon-released-by-bottom-trawling-too-big-to-ignore-says-study" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/18/carbon-released-by-bottom-trawling-too-big-to-ignore-says-study</a>

CelloMom On Cars"We have long known that dragging heavy fishing nets—some as large as ten 747 jets—across the ocean floor destroys sea life and habitats.Only recently, we have discovered that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> also unleashes plumes of carbon, which otherwise would be safely stored for millennia in the ocean floor. ""The amount of carbon dioxide released into the ocean from bottom trawling is on the same order of magnitude as annual carbon dioxide <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emissions</a> from global aviation."<a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-01-team-uncovers-marine-source-carbon.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2024-01-team-uncovers-marine-source-carbon.html</a>

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖GET BOTTOM TRAWLING GONE The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HaurakiGulf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaurakiGulf</a> is in crisis. A century of degradation, from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> has pushed this unique place to the brink, and now many of its precious species are in a tailspin towards <a href="https://mas.to/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extinction</a>.To turn things around, we’ve got to protect the whole area from bottom trawl fishing methods, and allow this unique marine <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystem</a> to recover.1/2<a href="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" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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</a>

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖BOTTOM TRAWLING TO CONTINUE IN HAURAKI GOLFYesterday the Government announced it WILL allow destructive bottom trawling to continue in large areas of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HaurakiGulf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaurakiGulf</a>.We know that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BottomTrawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottomTrawling</a> is the worst kind of commercial <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fishing</a>, bulldozing the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/seafloor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seafloor</a> and indiscriminately destroying ancient <a href="https://mas.to/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coral</a> and other <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarineLife</a>.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/SaveOurSeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveOurSeas</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ProtectOurWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectOurWildlife</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fishing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Overfishing</a> 🐟🌊 🐠 🐳🪸🐡 🪼🦞1/4

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