NEWS: NGOs, including @clienteartheur.bsky.social and
@bluemarinef.bsky.social, are taking the Dutch government to court over #BottomTrawling in Dogger Bank #MarineProtectedArea, which goes against EU law.
➡️ oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngos-ta...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
🌊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📽️⤵️
🐳 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗡! Judge rules that harmful activities in Marine Protected Areas must stop. "This is fantastic news for the North Sea. With this ruling, protection of the three largest Dutch Marine Protected Areas is immediately strengthened." Read more 👉 www.doggerland.earth #protectedmeansprotected
📽️A new video highlights EU citizens’ concerns over weak #MPA protection🐬. We urge Commissioner Costas Kadis
to enforce the law and use the Ocean Act to end destructive #BottomTrawling in MPAs. #ProtectedMeansProtected #OurOcean #EUOceanPact #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👉https://tinyurl.com/24b94upn
Here goes a new video explaining the legal actions we have initiated against bottom trawling #fishing in Spanish marine projected areas of the #N2000 network.
📢 #protectedmeansprotected
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es
🌊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📽️⤵️
🌊 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
The @ec.europa.eu's Veronica Manfredi agrees that it's 'unexpected’ that harmful #BottomTrawling should happen in so-called protected areas & explains the Commission is ready to listen 👂 to local watchdogs & observers to learn and bring much needed change. #ProtectedMeansProtected #EUOceanWeek
🌊 On #MPADay, let's remember that most EU MPAs still allow destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling. Real protection means banning harmful practices and ensuring our marine ecosystems can thrive. 🌍🐠 #ProtectedMeansProtected
🌊 The EU's ocean reputation took a hit at #UNOC.
While #BottomTrawling ravages Marine Protected Areas, most EU leaders offered little more than lip service. 🛑
#OurOcean deserves better.
🔗 Full story: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected #BanBottomTrawling
Portugal made a major step towards #30x30 by expanding an MPA with a % fully protected! 🤩💙
Meanwhile, EU leaders at #UNOC3 are all talk and no action… 🥱
Read the full PR from our member @sciaena-ngo.bsky.social here: www.sciaena.org/en/sciaena-c...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
Event at UNOC3: "Putting the 'Protected' back into Marine Protected Areas".
The law is clear and courts are upholding it to tackle #BottomTrawling in #MPAs. We need to mobilise all - countries, NGOs, industry - to ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected says @verampcoelho.bsky.social
at #UNOC3
We're here at the UN Oceans Conference in Nice. The Taoiseach will be speaking today and we hope to hear announcements, not only on the blue economy and offshore renewables, but on plans for effective marine protection.
#UNOC3
#30x30
#ProtectedmeansProtected
Making waves at #UNOC with the best crew in town 🌊💙 When we say #ProtectedMeansProtected, we really mean don’t touch our bottom. @seasatrisk.bsky.social sailing strong for the ocean! 🐠🚫⛴️ #DefendTheDeep @tobiastroll.bsky.social @remico.bsky.social
Over 2500 participants 👯♀️🕺🤾🧜♀️ joined the #BlueMarch in Nice for #UNOC3! Citizens and civil society are calling on politicians to truly protect #MarineProtectedAreas and take more concrete actions for our ocean! 🌊 #ProtectedMeansProtected #MPAs #UNOC3
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I had the honor of marching together with #Ocean warriors, experts, campaigners, polititians, divers, scientists, coastal communities at the #BlueMarch2025 in Nice. Message to the #UNOC3 delegates is clear: #protectedmeansprotected #30x30 Ratify the High Seas Treaty! #BBNJ @seasatrisk.bsky.social
Oceana team at Blue March holds a banner calling to end bottom trawling in marine protected areas
Nice is dressed in blue! As #UNOC3 approaches, the #BlueMarch is making waves demanding real action #ProtectedMeansProtected.
💙Oceana team is SO proud to march alongside ocean advocates from around the world! 💙
Did you know that over half of Spain’s marine protected areas aren’t truly protected? 🌊
Destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling is still allowed in them. The Spanish government has the chance to ensure that these areas are properly managed. #ProtectedMeansProtected.
#UNOC3
Protecting the ocean is protecting the environment. Only 0.014% of Spanish seas are strictly protected, while bottom trawling still destroys vital habitats in many #MarineProtectedAreas.🌊
Ahead of #UNOC3, we call for real action!
#WorldEnvironmentDay #ProtectedMeansProtected
“Ocean with David Attenborough” - beautiful, terrifying, and hopeful. The footage of destructive fishing is a gut punch - and it beggars belief that we still allow ocean bulldozers to destroy our #MPAs. Will #UNOC offer action, or just more hopeful words? #ProtectedMeansProtected
As #UNOC3 prepares to kick off, the EU faces a new legal challenge over #BottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas.
Lawyers say this destructive practice goes against EU nature law and puts the ocean — and people — at grave risk. #ProtectedMeansProtected
➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
🌊#MPAs are vital against #BiodiversityLoss & #ClimateChange! Yet, destructive fishing practices, like #BottomTrawling undermine them. Find out how legal compliance & enforcement can safeguard the ocean! #ProtectedMeansProtected #UNOC3👉
seas-at-risk.org/publications...
📢Marine NGOs filed a legal complaint against the
@ec.europa.eu. Destructive fishing practices in #MPAs, like #BottomTrawling, violate nature laws & endanger the ocean. NGOs urge the EC to take infringement action. #ProtectedMeansProtected #UNOC3 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
➡️ europe.oceana.org/es/press-rel...
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @marillesfoundation.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es @med30.org @ecologistasenaccion.org
#ProtectedMeansProtected
➡️ europe.oceana.org/es/press-rel...
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @ecologistasenaccion.org @marillesfoundation.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es @med30.org
As France prepares to host #UNOC3, our 🆕 analysis reveals that in 2024, over 17,000 hours of destructive #BottomTrawling occurred in 🇫🇷’s most iconic MPAs.
We call on @EmmanuelMacron to #BanBottomTrawling in all MPAs & ensure #ProtectedMeansProtected.
➡️ europe.oceana.org/reports/fran...
Spain’s marine protected areas look safe on paper, but bottom trawling is still allowed in many of them.
Without proper management plans & real enforcement, these are just #PaperParks.
It’s time to stop destructive fishing in MPAs.
#UNOC3 #ProtectedMeansProtected @saraaagesen.bsky.social
Did you know that bottom trawling is allowed in many marine protected areas in Spain and in Europe?
Citizens are clear: they demand to truly safeguard marine ecosystems.
Ahead of #UNOC3, it’s time to turn words into action. #ProtectedMeansProtected 🌊
Happy #BiodiversityDay!
EU seas & oceans are rich in habitats &marine life. But #MPAs are under threat from destructive fishing practices. We call on the European Commission to take action to truly preserve protected species. It's time to ensure that #ProtectedMeansProtected! ©DimitrisPoursanidis
