Discover Top Posts Tagged with #deep sea trawling

Started drawing blobfish and tripped over this soapbox. Who put that there?

I find that a lot of people who make cheeky posts about what living blobfish look like tend to not mention how the typically inedible blobfish is getting pulled up from the deepest depths of the sea in the first place. The new documentary “Ocean” with David Attenborough provides a chilling underwater look at a trawling net in action. You can watch a clip here. And you can find a link to Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch here.

#I wrote this one around a year ago but have been rushing to finish it so that I can share it in the best animal tournament as extra #propaganda for sculpins #stayed up til 5am to finish it and it was a lot of work but if I can get at least one person to think about their seafood choices it will #be worth it #long post #Animal Fictions vs Animal Facts #infographic #infograph #infographics #Blobfish #Psychrolutes #Psychrolutes marcidus #bottom trawling #deep sea trawling #dredgenets #deep sea fishing #bycatch

Amazingly, Scottish Government proposals could allow scallop dredging and bottom trawling to continue largely unchanged in many areas of Scotland’s inshore MPAs.

We have two choices. We can either stick with thestatus-quo by zoning off just a few, small patches of our sea from damaging activities. Or we can follow ecological science – and common sense – and manage our MPAs for recovery by properly protecting our seabed and marine species. The Scottish Government needs a clear message that people in Scotland want to see real change in the health of our seas.

This won’t happen unless coastal communities speak up and tell the Scottish Government: Don’t Take the P out of MPAs.

Members of this campaign have written a short response to the public consultation. If you agree with it, use the form below to let the Scottish Government know you care about this…

#scotland #regulations #petition #deep sea trawling #dredging #environment #scottish legistaltion #costal communities ROAR

About trawling and the impact on the sea life on the ocean floor.

#ocean #conservation #ecology #trawling #deep sea trawling

Say No to Trawlin' (Tastefully Done Fish Fotos)

It's a seriously Bad (capital B) problem for a million reasons. Imagine the equivalent of underwater rainforests that have yet to be explored (we've only documented 1%) being destroyed in one fell swoop by a massive net just to get a few kinds of popular bottom feeders like orange roughie. Bycatch galore. Pre-historic reefs ruined.

It's real. It's happening. And a lot of people are fed up with it; so fed up, in fact, that celebrities [mostly French] are stripping down to bring attention to trawlin'.

Check out this French DJ's face while he clutches his best friend, Redfish. He's just one of 15 highlighted in the "Fishlove" campaign.

Those eyes tell me he's not gunna stand for any more trawlin'. And, well, I haven't heard of him before, but you can bet I'll be listening to his beats from now on.

Legislation that Matters

While I'm not sure how much of a splash (pun intended) this promotion will make, it does draw attention to the Petition to End Trawling that will be presented to the European Parliament when they cast their vote December 10 on whether to ban trawling in their waters, a pretty important piece of international legislation for our oceans.

Click on this link to sign the petition.

I have and you should. Make our collective voice heard and make a difference. And, as your reward, you can find out which fish are most photogenic... [Spoiler Alert: The biggest name is an X-Files star with a precariously positioned eel]

Knowledge is Power

While your at it, do some investigating on your own about trawling.

My Quick Google Revealed:

This infographic not only explains trawling and it's impacts, it also taught me that deep sea corals can be over 4200 years old and that we've wiped out over 90% of deep water sharks in less than 15 years. BIG :(

R. Branson isn't down with DSBT! (deep sea bottom trawlin', duh)

Norway's banned it over the Røst reef, the biggest cold-water reef in the world, which was only discovered in 2002. High-Five, Norwegians.

#Causes #Fish #Trawling #deep sea trawling

pénélope jolicoeur, penelope jolicoeur, penelope bagieu, bd, illustration, graphisme

i just tried to tumbl this but i did it wrong and the photo came out funny so i think you just need to visit the site yourself, it's bigger and easier to read there. if you could please take four and a half minutes to read this amazing amazingly creative and informative comic strip and then another 30 seconds to sign the petition here: http://petition.bloomassociation.org/stop-the-destruction-of-deep-sea/

your help makes such a huge difference. thank you in advance!

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