John Condon
@johncondon25.bsky.social
Environmental Lawyer at ClientEarth. EU marine conservation focus. Views my own.
⚖️EU court confirms Marine Protected Areas must be shielded from destructive bottom trawling. 🌊
"This ruling sends a clear signal that we have strong conservation laws for protecting MPAs from destructive activities such as bottom trawling."
See the link for my full quote
"This ruling sends a clear signal that we have strong conservation laws for protecting MPAs from destructive activities such as bottom trawling."
See the link for my full quote
EU Court confirms Marine Protected Areas must be shielded from destructive bottom trawling | ClientEarth
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May 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
⚖️EU court confirms Marine Protected Areas must be shielded from destructive bottom trawling. 🌊
"This ruling sends a clear signal that we have strong conservation laws for protecting MPAs from destructive activities such as bottom trawling."
See the link for my full quote
"This ruling sends a clear signal that we have strong conservation laws for protecting MPAs from destructive activities such as bottom trawling."
See the link for my full quote
For anyone in doubt about the devastating impacts of bottom trawling. The sheer destructiveness and wastefulness is heartbreaking. How is this still allowed in marine protected areas? Beyond time for the @ec.europa.eu to take immediate action.
EXPOSED: Never seen before footage reveals the catastrophic impacts caused by bottom trawling ❌
@oceanauk.bsky.social
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@oceanauk.bsky.social
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OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
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May 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
For anyone in doubt about the devastating impacts of bottom trawling. The sheer destructiveness and wastefulness is heartbreaking. How is this still allowed in marine protected areas? Beyond time for the @ec.europa.eu to take immediate action.
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Today, @europarl.europa.eu discussed the upcoming EU Ocean Pact.
With 90% of Europe's marine area overexploited and only 0.06% of the Med protected, this Pact could finally turn the tide - for Marine Protected Areas, coastal economies and much more.
What we need the Ocean Pact to deliver on⬇️
With 90% of Europe's marine area overexploited and only 0.06% of the Med protected, this Pact could finally turn the tide - for Marine Protected Areas, coastal economies and much more.
What we need the Ocean Pact to deliver on⬇️
Europe’s seas are at a breaking point – but we have the solution
At a time when the world faces interconnected climate, nature-loss and pollution crises, the ocean’s role has never been more critical.
www.clientearth.org
April 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Today, @europarl.europa.eu discussed the upcoming EU Ocean Pact.
With 90% of Europe's marine area overexploited and only 0.06% of the Med protected, this Pact could finally turn the tide - for Marine Protected Areas, coastal economies and much more.
What we need the Ocean Pact to deliver on⬇️
With 90% of Europe's marine area overexploited and only 0.06% of the Med protected, this Pact could finally turn the tide - for Marine Protected Areas, coastal economies and much more.
What we need the Ocean Pact to deliver on⬇️
Reposted by John Condon
New report shows the EU is failing our #oceans. We're calling on leaders to make full use of the #MSFD to prevent pollution and protect biodiversity.
EU countries pledged to protect and restore the EU's seas by 2020, but have missed this legal deadline.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
EU countries pledged to protect and restore the EU's seas by 2020, but have missed this legal deadline.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Report uncovers serious failure to protect EU Seas - NGOs call for full use of Marine Directive | ClientEarth
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March 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
New report shows the EU is failing our #oceans. We're calling on leaders to make full use of the #MSFD to prevent pollution and protect biodiversity.
EU countries pledged to protect and restore the EU's seas by 2020, but have missed this legal deadline.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
EU countries pledged to protect and restore the EU's seas by 2020, but have missed this legal deadline.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Reposted by John Condon
We’re calling for the #EUOceansPact to:
- Legally protect 30% of EU seas with 10% under strict protection
- Strengthen laws like the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
- Ensure cross-border cooperation
🌊 A healthier ocean = a stronger future. Let's make it happen.
- Legally protect 30% of EU seas with 10% under strict protection
- Strengthen laws like the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
- Ensure cross-border cooperation
🌊 A healthier ocean = a stronger future. Let's make it happen.
March 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
We’re calling for the #EUOceansPact to:
- Legally protect 30% of EU seas with 10% under strict protection
- Strengthen laws like the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
- Ensure cross-border cooperation
🌊 A healthier ocean = a stronger future. Let's make it happen.
- Legally protect 30% of EU seas with 10% under strict protection
- Strengthen laws like the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
- Ensure cross-border cooperation
🌊 A healthier ocean = a stronger future. Let's make it happen.
🖊️ Excellent piece from @mongabay.bsky.social on legal action by @clientearth.bsky.social and others to stop destructive fishing in European marine protected areas. Protected means protected 🌊
Lawsuit is latest push to curb bottom trawling in protected European waters
Bottom trawling, a fishing technique in which vessels drag weighted nets along the seafloor, has long been condemned by conservationists for disrupting seabed habitat and capturing species indiscrimin...
news.mongabay.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🖊️ Excellent piece from @mongabay.bsky.social on legal action by @clientearth.bsky.social and others to stop destructive fishing in European marine protected areas. Protected means protected 🌊
Legal case launched! 🧑⚖️
Marine Protected Areas should be sanctuaries, not grounds for destructive fishing practices. These zones are meant to safeguard ecosystems, yet the Netherlands is flouting EU marine protection rules. That’s why we’re taking the issue to court!
Marine Protected Areas should be sanctuaries, not grounds for destructive fishing practices. These zones are meant to safeguard ecosystems, yet the Netherlands is flouting EU marine protection rules. That’s why we’re taking the issue to court!
⚠️New year, new court case to finally put an end to destructive bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - this time against the Dutch govt, which allows bottom trawlers in the protected Dogger Bank - home to minke whales, puffins & other endangered species www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
January 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Legal case launched! 🧑⚖️
Marine Protected Areas should be sanctuaries, not grounds for destructive fishing practices. These zones are meant to safeguard ecosystems, yet the Netherlands is flouting EU marine protection rules. That’s why we’re taking the issue to court!
Marine Protected Areas should be sanctuaries, not grounds for destructive fishing practices. These zones are meant to safeguard ecosystems, yet the Netherlands is flouting EU marine protection rules. That’s why we’re taking the issue to court!