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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>On a cold Monday morning in December, <STRONG>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.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>To get noticed we needed something to stand out. And small donations
across this community poured in to make this happen. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>With this support, <STRONG>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.</STRONG></BIG></P>
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style="MARGIN: auto; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 0.8em">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)</FIGCAPTION> </FIGURE></CENTER>
<P><BIG>The pop-up tells the story of <B>how you and more than 150,000 people
want a healthy future for our ocean.</B> [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]</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>Sinkevičius </STRONG>responded saying <STRONG>“it’s something we
must deliver on.”</STRONG> [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. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Together we also grabbed headlines</STRONG> in many languages
and across the whole of Europe! From Le Monde, the European Commission media
review, to the Irish Examiner, and Handelsblatt. [5]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>And <STRONG>thanks to the power of this community we took over the front
pages of Politico.</STRONG> 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.</BIG></P>
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width=400> <FIGCAPTION
style="MARGIN: auto; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 0.8em">Our
Brussels campaigner Anya with the inside cover of Politico magazine showing that
150,000+ Europeans are making waves to #BanBottomTrawling</FIGCAPTION>
</FIGURE></CENTER>
<P><BR><BIG><STRONG>As a community we continued to pile up the pressure. We sent
more than 40,000 emails to Sinkevičius </STRONG>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.</BIG></P>
<P><STRONG><BIG>I’m now more hopeful than ever that the EU will turn the tide on
destructive fishing and have healthy, thriving and resilient
seas. </BIG></STRONG></P>
<P><BIG>But we’re not going to stop anytime soon. From now until Spring 2022,
<STRONG>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!</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Thank you for being part of the WeMove Europe community and everything
you do,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>David (London), Giulio (Rome) and the entire WeMove team</BIG></P>
<P> </P>
<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1] Find the pictures of the pop-up book
here,https:<SPAN>//twitter</SPAN>.com/wemoveEU/status/1471859351602311171, and a
short video to see how the pop-up book looks like here,
https:<SPAN>//twitter</SPAN>.com/wemoveEU/status/1472834324605161473<BR>[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:<SPAN>//europe.oceana</SPAN>.org/en/our-work/bottom-trawling/overview<BR>[3]
Video recording of Oceans Commissioner Sinkevičius on December 21, 2021:
https:<SPAN>//www.dropbox</SPAN>.com/s/cch04h92qhauh4r/Commissaire%20europ%C3%A9en%20full.mp4?dl=0<BR>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).<BR>[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.<BR>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.<BR>[5] Le Monde (in French):
https:<SPAN>//www.lemonde</SPAN>.fr/planete/article/2022/01/03/le-chalutage-de-fond-denonce-comme-la-pire-technique-de-peche_6107979_3244.html<BR>Irish
Examiner:
https:<SPAN>//www.irishexaminer</SPAN>.com/news/arid-40770036.html<BR>https://<SPAN>//www.wemove</SPAN>.eu/sites/wemove.eu/files/eu_commision.jpg?utm_source=civimail-43037&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220113_IT<BR>Handelsblatt
(in German):
https:<SPAN>//www.handelsblatt</SPAN>.com/dpa/wirtschaft-handel-und-finanzen-150-000-menschen-fordern-teilverbot-schaedlicher-fischfangmethode/27909854.html?ticket=ST-2018409-TSXYWvVbreb0UneleoRR-ap1</SMALL></P>
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