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Last call for submissions! 🚨
Closing at midnight tonight.
Go tell Shane Jones his Amendment is regulatory capture and we do not want it. 🌊 🐟
New from me on the oceans being an election issue and what exactly it is that we're after in the fisheries space (with a generous dollop of people power to get us there).
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Abundance over Greed – in 2026 ocean protection is an election issue
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/abundance-over-greed/
#NZpol #oceans #protectTheOcean #banBottomTrawling #greenpeace
Abundance over Greed - in 2026 ocean protection is an election issue - Greenpeace Aotearoa
It is exciting to see the health of the ocean rise on the political agenda during a general election year. People care and are forcing politicians to listen – which gives us a real opportunity to push for meaningful change. Here's what that looks like.
0tracas🐸@Dragofix Une étude révèle que le chalutage de fond capture 3 000 espèces de poissons marins, y compris des espèces menacées https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/study-finds-bottom-trawling-nets-3000-marine-fish-species-including-threatened-ones/
#environnement #marin #vie marine #poissons #espèces #trawling de fond #BanBottomTrawling
Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones
How many marine fish species do bottom trawls catch? Researchers now have a list, and it’s long, running to some 3,000 species, according to a recent study. Bottom trawling is a commercially popular, and controversial, fishing method in which boats drag weighted nets along the seafloor. Usually they target commercially valuable marine life at the […]
DragofixStudy finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/study-finds-bottom-trawling-nets-3000-marine-fish-species-including-threatened-ones/
#environment #marine #marinelife #fish #species #BottomTrawling #BanBottomTrawling
Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones
How many marine fish species do bottom trawls catch? Researchers now have a list, and it’s long, running to some 3,000 species, according to a recent study. Bottom trawling is a commercially popular, and controversial, fishing method in which boats drag weighted nets along the seafloor. Usually they target commercially valuable marine life at the […]
Our friends at LegaSea have also built a great tool for facilitating submissions.
Let's mobilise together and #KilltheBill !!
https://legasea.co.nz/fisheries-amendment-bill-submission-form/
Fisheries Amendment Bill – Submission Form
Have your say on the Fisheries Amendment Bill 2026 Despite widespread public outrage, the coalition government is proceeding with the most anti-social changes to fisheries legislation in 30 years. This will impact generations to come. The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries Shane Jones has presented the Fisheries Amendment Bill to…
UPDATE: Deadline extended to May 6th! Get in there!
The Fisheries Amendment Bill is a rotten piece of legislation that only benefits big commercial fishers. 🎣
It removes oversight and gives license to plunder the ocean and leave it empty of life. 🌊
We must tell the government to Kill the bill, because it is a corporate giveaway of our ocean to the few fat cats on top of the industry. 🐋
Make your submission in a few clicks with our online tool! 📢
https://greenpeace.nz/fisheries-submission
#killTheBill #protectTheOcean #banBottomTrawling #oceans #NZPol
Happy to have contributed in a small way to this report out this week. The Hauraki Gulf was included as one of nine case studies around the world. 🌊
The common theme? You'll be surprised! (not)
Bottom trawling does not help with food security or the local environment.
Media article:
Contrary to industry claims, bottom trawling undermines food security
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/contrary-to-industry-claims-bottom-trawling-undermines-food-security/
Report:
The impact of bottom trawling in food security
https://transformbottomtrawling.org/publications/
#protectTheOcean #banBottomTrawling #oceans #fisheries #HaurakiGulf
Jono Ridler has finally arrived in Wellington, broken a world record and raised the issue of bottom trawling! What an achievement! 🌊 🏊
Anti-bottom trawling long distance swimmer breaks world record, arrives in Wellington https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/591508/anti-bottom-trawling-long-distance-swimmer-breaks-world-record-arrives-in-wellington
Empty promises from National-led govt as ‘ocean exploitation bill’ voted through
#greenpeace #NZPol #ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #WarOnNature
Shane Jones's Ocean Exploitation Bill (aka fisheries amendment bill) is about to go into first reading in parliament.
Have a look and be outraged, if you are into that sort of thing.
