PRESS RELEASE: Prioritising small-scale fisheries helps people and the planet
Government and fisher representatives discuss how excluding destructive industrial fishing from coastal areas reduces hunger and poverty. A Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition side-event at the UN Ocean Conference WHEN: 08:30 – 10:00am GMT+1 on Friday 1 July 2022 WHERE: Auditorium, Oceanário de Lisboa, 1990-005 Lisbon, Portugal TITLE: A sea change for small-scale fisheries. Global leadership […]
Bottom trawling denounced as the worst fishing technique
In a new report “Bottom Trawling: New perspectives on an old fishing practice”, TBT Coalition members FFI and Blue Ventures joins a collaboration of world-leading fisheries scientists and ocean experts in calling for constructive pathways forward to tackle the impacts of bottom trawling, arguably the most pervasive, contentious and environmentally damaging of global fishing practices.
More than 150,000 Europeans call on EU to ban bottom-trawling to protect ocean and climate
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, on behalf of more than 150,000 Europeans who have signed a petition calling for the EU to phase out destructive […]
Why bottom trawling must be banned by the EU
Steve Trent, Founder and CEO of the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), calls on the EU to introduce stronger restrictions on bottom trawling, particularly in marine protected areas. EJF is a founding member of the TBT Coalition.
UK fishing licences for bottom-trawling could be unlawful, says Oceana
The British government’s granting of fishing licences to more than 1,000 UK and EU vessels for 2022, which will permit bottom-trawling and dredging in marine protected areas, could be unlawful unless conditions to safeguard ocean habitats are imposed, says TBT Coalition member Oceana.
The woman saving seahorses from ‘annihilation fishing’
Dr Amanda Vincent, a professor at the Institute of Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia, in Canada and founder of Project Seahorse discusses the devastating impacts of bottom trawling on coastal ecosystems. Project Seahorse joined the TBT Coalition in October 2021.
Bottom trawling: Report highlights urgent need to solve an age-old problem
In a new report “Bottom Trawling: New perspectives on an old fishing practice”, TBT Coalition members FFI and Blue Ventures joins a collaboration of world-leading fisheries scientists and ocean experts in calling for constructive pathways forward to tackle the impacts of bottom trawling, arguably the most pervasive, contentious and environmentally damaging of global fishing practices.
Blue Justice for Small-Scale Fisheries: A Virtual Tour
In a series of videos produced by the TBT Coalition, artisanal fishers in Liberia share their perspectives on the impacts of bottom trawling on their livelihoods and the benefits of a 6 nautical mile inshore exclusion zone (IEZ). The TBT Coalition contributed these videos to TBTI’s Blue Justice for Small-Scale Fisheries celebration on World Fisheries […]
Fish not as good for the planet as previously thought, says new report by Blue Ventures
Ahead of the crunch climate summit in Glasgow, the TBT Coalition produced a new report showing that the way the UK catches half its seafood creates high carbon emissions and must be urgently tackled.
A new coalition to reduce bottom trawling and rebuild coastal fisheries
The Transform Bottom Trawling (TBT) Coalition is working for a world where destructive bottom trawling is removed from coastal waters. These waters are home to the most marine biodiversity, support the most small-scale fisheries, and contain vast carbon stores.