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<P><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><B>Massive fishing nets scoop up
the seabed destroying everything </B>and killing hundreds of marine
animals. <B>Tomorrow, our MEPs could vote to ban the use of these nets and
protect our oceans.</B> But our voice has to be stronger than the fishing
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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Coral reefs, sea turtles, starfish, and countless other marine species
will become extinct in Europe if we don’t take action right now. [1]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>A practice called bottom-trawling causes more direct and avoidable
damage to the ocean floor than any other human activity in the world. </B>[2]
And it’s happening more in the EU than anywhere else in the world. From the
Strait of Sicily to the North Sea, the EU seabed is trawled more than five times
the global average. [3] </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>Tomorrow could be a turning point.</B> If we finally start to protect
our ocean from the abuses of industrial fishing,<B> there’s a chance that the
ocean may recover in a few decades.</B> [4] A ban on bottom-trawling in marine
protected areas by our representatives in the EU could signal the start of much
needed change to save our ocean. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>But it won’t happen without public pressure. </B>Last week with
tweets and emails, our community helped move European Members of Parliament
(MEPs) of the environment committee, who voted to prohibit harmful
activities in Marine Protected Areas. [5] <STRONG>B</STRONG><B>ut now we need to
win the final vote with all MEPs.</B></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>See the updated email below we sent two weeks ago and <STRONG>take
action to protect our ocean before it’s too late.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https:<SPAN>//www.greenpeace</SPAN>.org/aotearoa/story/what-is-bottom-trawling-and-why-is-it-bad-for-the-environment/<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//europe.oceana</SPAN>.org/en/our-work/bottom-trawling/overview<BR>[3]
https:<SPAN>//europe.oceana</SPAN>.org/en/press-center/press-releases/oceana-urges-bold-action-ban-bottom-trawling-europes-protected-areas<BR>[4]
https:<SPAN>//www.bbc</SPAN>.com/news/science-environment-52122447<BR>[5]
https:<SPAN>//www.europarl</SPAN>.europa<SPAN>.eu</SPAN>/cmsdata/235170/2021-05-28-roll-call-votes.pdf<BR>https:<SPAN>//www.europarl</SPAN>.europa.<SPAN>eu</SPAN>/news/it/press-room/20210523IPR04609/biodiversity-meps-demand-binding-targets-to-protect-wildlife-and-humans</SMALL></P>
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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>Fishing nets as tall as a three-storey building and as wide as a
football field scoop up the seabed everyday.</B> In seconds, these nets destroy
everything in their path, killing dolphins, seals, corals, seahorses and
hundreds of other marine species. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>This harmful industrial fishing practice is called
bottom-trawling. </STRONG>[1] It’s happening right here in Europe, in the jewel
of our oceans, inside Marine Protected Areas. [2] <STRONG>But finally we have a
chance to stop it.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>Today, our European Members of Parliament (MEPs) could vote to ban
bottom-trawling in protected areas.</B> But the fishing lobby wants to prevent
the ban so that commercial fishing companies can continue to maximise profits by
catching huge quantities of “product” in one go. [3]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>This is where we come in. MEPs are our elected representatives, they
represent us. They listen to interest groups like the fishing lobby, but they
also need to listen to people from this community like you, Vladimir.
<STRONG>Together, let’s counter the pressure MEPs are facing from the fishing
lobby with a massive show of people power. Will you sign? </STRONG></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>When fishing nets are dragged across the ocean floor, they catch shrimp
and octopuses, but also destroy deep-sea coral and sponge communities like
starfish. Once these are destroyed, other fish and other species dependent on
them for spawning, shelter, nurseries, protection, and food, may also disappear.
</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>This practice causes more irreversible damage to the seabed than any
other human activity in the world. </B>[4] It effectively turns our precious
marine ecosystems into a wasteland. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>At the end of May, our community tweeted and emailed MEPs in the
environment committee (ENVI)</B> of the European Parliament <B>voting on a ban
on bottom-trawling.</B> All of the people we targeted voted to prohibit harmful
activities in Marine Protected Areas and there was overwhelming support to
protect our ocean. [5]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Thanks to this vote, it’s now up to all MEPs to decide the ban’s fate.
<STRONG>If thousands of us show an outpouring of support to protect our marine
life, it could help them </STRONG><B><STRONG>stay strong against the fishing
lobby who are doing everything they can to stop the ban.</STRONG> </B>Add your
signature now!</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>Together, we’ve been working for over 4 years to save our
ocean.</STRONG> Last year, with a broad coalition of partners we delivered
almost half a million signatures to the European Council calling for an end to
overfishing. [6] </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Back then, EU politicians failed to limit catches to sustainable levels.
But every action we take together paves the way for the ones we will win and
<STRONG>now we have another big opportunity to protect our ocean:
</STRONG><B>sign and message your MEP to stop commercial fisheries from
destroying our ocean! </B></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>With hope,<BR>David (London), Giulio (Rome), Annemarie (Berlin) and the
rest of the WeMove Europe team</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>P.S. In addition to being highly destructive, the heavy trawl gear used
to scoop up the ocean floor also releases huge amounts of carbon stored in the
seabed. If we don’t ban bottom-trawling, we will not be able to transition into
low-impact, low-carbon fisheries in Europe. <STRONG><A
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https:<SPAN>//europe.oceana</SPAN>.org/en/our-work/bottom-trawling/overview<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//europe.oceana</SPAN>.org/en/publications/reports/unmanaged-unprotected-europes-marine-paper-parks<BR>https:<SPAN>//europe.oceana</SPAN>.org/sites/default/files/oceana_2020_unmanaged_equals_unprotected_marine_paper_parks.pdf<BR>[3]
https:<SPAN>//www.greenpeace</SPAN>.org/aotearoa/story/what-is-bottom-trawling-and-why-is-it-bad-for-the-environment/<BR>[4]
https:<SPAN>//europe.oceana</SPAN>.org/en/our-work/bottom-trawling/overview<BR>[5]
https:<SPAN>//www.europarl</SPAN>.europa<SPAN>.eu</SPAN>/cmsdata/235170/2021-05-28-roll-call-votes.pdf<BR>https:<SPAN>//www.europarl</SPAN>.europa<SPAN>.eu</SPAN>/news/it/press-room/20210523IPR04609/biodiversity-meps-demand-binding-targets-to-protect-wildlife-and-humans<BR>[6]
https:<SPAN>//act.wemove</SPAN>.eu/campaigns/save-our-seas </SMALL></P>
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