#OceanWeek continues with event in EP on #MPAs and destructive fishing. Important to also reflect on the EU self claimed global ocean leader when our own #MPAs are paperparks which allow #bottomtrawling.
#OceanAct

Revised EU guidance on #Natura2000 and #fishing finally published!
Application of Article 6 of the Habitats Directive and Article 4 of the Birds Directive to marine fishing activities
#CFP #MSFD #MPAs @ec.europa.eu

👉 op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-la...

Assessment of sea-floor integrity under the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
#MSFD #seabed

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Nice female-only Mediterranean leaders from 🇪🇸🇸🇮🇪🇬🇫🇷 attending the 50years anniversary of the #UNEPMAP #MAP@50 at #UNOC3. celebrating regional collaboration on marine conservation on platics, underwater noise, MPAs

@apannierrunacher.bsky.social @saraaagesen.bsky.social @ingerandersen.bsky.social

Civil society organisations taking the streets in Nice for #UNOC3 to call on leaders for actions to be ambitious & protect the #ocean 🌊. Act on #30x30 & #BanBottomTrawling 💪

@highseasalliance.bsky.social @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @seasatrisk.bsky.social @deepseaconserve.bsky.social

Today we handed over a petition to Commissionner #Kadis asking the EU to #BanBottomTrawling in EU MPAs. 250,000 EU citizen urge the EU to act against buldozzing the most sensitive odean areas 🐳🌊 #OceanPact
@wemoveeurope.bsky.social @patagonia.com @seasatrisk.bsky.social @oceanaeurope.bsky.social

Projet d’arrêté portant nouvelles zones de fermetures spatio-temporelles en mer Méditerranée pour certains chalutiers 🇫🇷 #pêche #GolfeduLion #AGRIFISH #WestMedMAP

👉 www.consultations-publiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/projet-d-arr...

Only 0,03% of EU seas are currently protected shows DG Environment, a long way to go to meet the 10% target.

This is why having more stringent targets under the #OceanPact ia necessary to boost investment in ocean protection
@christopheclergeau.bsky.social

#EUOceanDays event on strict protection starting, with good scene setting by the EC reminding about the 10% target and how strictly protected MPAs can lead to multiple benefits to support a regenerative #BlueEconomy #OceanPact #MissionOcean

#EUBlueFuture event on EU #OceanPact by @politico.eu Reassuring to hear Commissioner Kadis stressing healthy #ocean ecosystems as prerequisite to sustainable #BlueEconomy; new legal proposals are considered; tracking progress
@oceanoazul.bsky.social @l-guillot.bsky.social @delorseurope.bsky.social

#BlueEconomy Conference in Brussels. Closing panel on fisheries and aquaculture chaired by @verampcoelho.bsky.social who recalls the importance of this sector in terms of social fabrics and cultural heritage of Europe. Healthy ocean ecosystems are central to seafood production. #OceanPact

#Consultation sur Projet d’arrêté portant modification du site #Natura2000 Plateau de Rochebonne. Proposition d'extension (x2!) du site pour couvrir mieux les récifs

www.consultations-publiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/projet-d-arr...

@fne.asso.fr @greenpeace.fr @bloom-eng.bsky.social

Great read ! Trawling the Depths - a 14-hour shift aboard a Mallorcan fishing boat exposes the harsh truths and hidden costs of #bottomtrawling through a photographer’s lens 🐡🪸🎣 by Julia Ochs

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#patagoniastories #endbottomtrawling