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More than 150,000 Europeans call on EU to ban bottom-trawling to protect ocean and climate

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Eureporter

Publication Date
2021-12-21

A giant colourful pop-up book depicting the devastation caused by destructive bottom trawling - and how the marine environment thrives in its absence - was delivered to European Union (EU) Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius by NGOs this morning, on behalf of more than 150,000 Europeans who have signed a petition calling for the EU to phase out destructive fishing practices, starting with an immediate ban of bottom trawling in all Marine Protected Areas.

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https://www.eureporter.co/environment/oceana/2021/12/21/more-than-150000-europeans-call-on-eu-to-ban-bottom-trawling-to-protect-ocean-and-climate/