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Hi,

On a cold Monday morning in December, this dedicated community got a 
European Commissioner out of his office and down to street level to respond 
to our demands to protect our ocean and climate.

To get noticed we needed something to stand out. And small donations across 
this community poured in to make this happen.

With this support, activists and artists from WeMove and partners dressed as 
Jacques Cousteau, spent hours building a giant colourful pop-up, and made a 
smaller pop-up to deliver to the Ocean Commissioner Sinkevičius himself.


WeMove Europe campaigner Anya and other activists delivering the pop up book 
based on the film Life Aquatic to Oceans Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius 
(Credit: Oliver Hoslet)
The pop-up tells the story of how you and more than 150,000 people want a 
healthy future for our ocean. [1] A future that can’t exist if we don’t ban 
the most destructive fishing practice known as bottom-trawling, where 
massive nets scrape the ocean floor destroying everything and killing marine 
animals. [2]


Sinkevičius responded saying “it’s something we must deliver on.” [3] And 
that the book will be a constant reminder for him to take action as the 
Commission prepares the Ocean Action Plan in 2022! [4] He’ll even give the 
book to his children.

Together we also grabbed headlines in many languages and across the whole of 
Europe! From Le Monde, the European Commission media review, to the Irish 
Examiner, and Handelsblatt. [5]

And thanks to the power of this community we took over the front pages of 
Politico. By each chipping in a little, thousands of us ensured we had the 
resources to move fast and buy the ad space needed. Politico is plastered 
throughout the offices of EU decision makers, so politicians including 
Sinkevičius could see it as they shuffled to meetings or took a coffee 
break.


Our Brussels campaigner Anya with the inside cover of Politico magazine 
showing that 150,000+ Europeans are making waves to #BanBottomTrawling

As a community we continued to pile up the pressure. We sent more than 
40,000 emails to Sinkevičius and the other relevant Commissioner, Vice 
President for the Green New Deal, Frans Timmermans, demanding a ban on 
bottom-trawling in the Ocean Action Plan.

I’m now more hopeful than ever that the EU will turn the tide on destructive 
fishing and have healthy, thriving and resilient seas.

But we’re not going to stop anytime soon. From now until Spring 2022, we’ll 
be following the discussion on the Ocean Action Plan every step of the way 
to see that promises and pledges lead to action. Watch this space!

Thank you for being part of the WeMove Europe community and everything you 
do,

David (London), Giulio (Rome) and the entire WeMove team



References:
[1] Find the pictures of the pop-up book 
here,https://twitter.com/wemoveEU/status/1471859351602311171, and a short 
video to see how the pop-up book looks like here, 
https://twitter.com/wemoveEU/status/1472834324605161473
[2] Bottom trawling is one of the most destructive methods to catch fish. 
Its extensive use for commercial fishing causes a high impact on marine 
ecosystems, often resulting in irreversible damage to sensitive habitats. 
Find out more here, 
https://europe.oceana.org/en/our-work/bottom-trawling/overview
[3] Video recording of Oceans Commissioner Sinkevičius on December 21, 2021: 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cch04h92qhauh4r/Commissaire%20europ%C3%A9en%20full.mp4?dl=0
Please note you don’t need a Dropbox account to watch it (you can close the 
pop-up windows that ask for log in/registration details).
[4] In 2020 the EU released its Biodiversity Strategy for the next ten 
years. The strategy includes a commitment to halting the biodiversity crisis 
and commits to developing an ‘Action Plan to Conserve Fisheries Resources 
and Protect Marine Ecosystems’, which we’re calling the Ocean Action Plan 
for short.
The Ocean Action Plan should limit the most destructive fishing gear and 
create a plan for how to transition to low-impact fishing. It has enormous 
potential to restore ocean health, but the details are so important.
[5] Le Monde (in French): 
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2022/01/03/le-chalutage-de-fond-denonce-comme-la-pire-technique-de-peche_6107979_3244.html
Irish Examiner: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40770036.html
https:////www.wemove.eu/sites/wemove.eu/files/eu_commision.jpg?utm_source=civimail-43037&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220113_IT
Handelsblatt (in German): 
https://www.handelsblatt.com/dpa/wirtschaft-handel-und-finanzen-150-000-menschen-fordern-teilverbot-schaedlicher-fischfangmethode/27909854.html?ticket=ST-2018409-TSXYWvVbreb0UneleoRR-ap1



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