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Ika Makimaki

Did 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 #BottomTrawling 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?

#ocean#ProtectTheOcean#fisheries
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Richard Ashwell

NGOs take France to court over trawling in Mediterranean 'protected' marine areas

France currently allows highly destructive fishing methods such as #BottomTrawling in so-called ‘protected’ marine areas in the Mediterranean, despite a Europe-wide ban

BLOOM and ClientEarth [1] are filing a lawsuit in the Administrative Court of Paris to ensure that France finally complies with laws to protect the Mediterranean

clientearth.org/latest/press-o

www.clientearth.orgNGOs take France to court over trawling in Mediterranean 'protected' marine areas | ClientEarthView the press release
#ProtectTheOcean#Oceans#Fishing
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Ika Makimaki

Now we can see the damage caused by #BottomTrawling on #seamounts

This footage is from the Emperor Seamounts in the North Pacific #ocean

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.

youtube.com/watch?v=-865DRqn5R

#ProtectSeamounts
#BanBottomTrawling

YouTubeSee the damage trawling causes on seamountsBy Greenpeace Aotearoa Video
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Ika Makimaki

Bottom trawling does serious damage to the ecosystems on the #ocean 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 @greenpeace reveals damage in the deep ocean from industrial fishing
greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-

Greenpeace AotearoaFootage released by Greenpeace reveals damage in the deep ocean from industrial fishing  - Greenpeace AotearoaIn a new video published today, Greenpeace International reveals dramatic damage of bottom trawling on the Emperor Seamounts in the North Pacific, devastating fragile ecosystems, and calls for the creation of a marine protected area
#Greenpeace#BottomTrawling
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Pepijn

Overfishing.org contained both an introduction to the issue of #overfishing, and #teaching resources. See attached some evergreens (low resolution, DM me for high res).

There's the "what, why, how" #infographic, #satellite imagery of #BottomTrawling in the Dutch #Waddensea #environment, and a poster with #trawling all around the world.

As I'm #sad to see the website go I've renewed the #domain for one more year and am happy to "donate" it to a good cause. Any interest: DM me.

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A quick and accessible infographic or "one minute crash course to overfishing". Available as image file (here), PowerPoint presentation and as a zip file with ten separate images (DM me for those).
Along the coasts of The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark there lays a shallow coastal sea -with associated wetlands and islands- extremely rich with all types of important sea (it serves as a spawning and nursing grounds for fish) and bird (millions of migratory birds use the mud flats to feed on) life. Large parts of the sea consist of tidal mudflats. The intertidal area is sea during high-tide and dryish land during low-tide. For decades there have been bottom trawling and dredging activities on the Dutch part of the area. As of July 1, 2004 mechanical cockle fisheries have been banned in order to preserve the cockles (and the rich bottom) for the millions of birds. However, some fisheries on mussels (mariculture) and shrimp are still taking place. Here are two low-tide imageres showing the marks / scarves left by various trawling activities. These take years to disappear from visual sight and even longer for the benthic situation to return to the pre-trawling situation. The images are composites from aerial photographs, the location is near the island of Texel.
Along the coasts of The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark there lays a shallow coastal sea -with associated wetlands and islands- extremely rich with all types of important sea (it serves as a spawning and nursing grounds for fish) and bird (millions of migratory birds use the mud flats to feed on) life. Large parts of the sea consist of tidal mudflats. The intertidal area is sea during high-tide and dryish land during low-tide. For decades there have been bottom trawling and dredging activities on the Dutch part of the area. As of July 1, 2004 mechanical cockle fisheries have been banned in order to preserve the cockles (and the rich bottom) for the millions of birds. However, some fisheries on mussels (mariculture) and shrimp are still taking place. Here are two low-tide imageres showing the marks / scarves left by various trawling activities. These take years to disappear from visual sight and even longer for the benthic situation to return to the pre-trawling situation. The images are composites from aerial photographs, the location is near the island of Texel.
Modern satellite imagery clearly show the mud trails, distortion and other destruction left by the coastal -shallow water- version of these trawling activities. * trawling imagery from Ecuador, USA (Georgia and Louisiana), Netherlands (Vlieland and Westerschelde), Phillipines, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Mexico. Satellite images are Quickbird, Landsat and aerial photographs.
#ocean#sea
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Tino Eberl

"A landmark study has uncovered that bottom trawling contributes to the release of as much as 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually into the #atmosphere. The study highlights that the areas of the East China Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea, and #Greenland Sea are the most significant contributors to this environmental impact, showcasing the largest climate footprints from trawling activities."

#carbondioxide #bottomtrawling #CO2Emissionen #fischfang

scitechdaily.com/370-million-t

SciTechDaily · 370 Million Tons – Landmark Study Uncovers New Source of Carbon EmissionsA landmark study has uncovered that bottom trawling contributes to the release of as much as 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually into the atmosphere. The study highlights that the areas of the East China Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Greenland Sea are the most significant contributo
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