Joint NGO statement – Paris, 26 October 2022 NGOs call upon the French government to “put a real stop to (…)

“I support BLOOM and their efforts to bring an end to deep-sea trawling.”

“I call on citizens across the world, on governments in Europe and Members of the European Parliament to…”

“The ocean is the memory of Life on Earth and of the mystery of the common origins we share with all living things…”

“Imagine this: what if you had a little house on a large plot of wild, beautiful untouched woods…”

“We are all creatures of the ocean! without it we are nothing!”

“If people could see how bottom trawls catch fish, they would be appalled. I have seen it: these scrapers go across the ocean floor and take everything…”

“I want to salute the European Union for their role in eventually banning all deep water trawling…”

“They look awful with their huge eyes and monstrous mouths but Men are the only ones to judge the beauty or ugliness of a being…”

“European fleets fishing in deep waters are among the largest in the world.”

Deep-sea bottom trawling is a scandal! I support BLOOM in their effort to stop this aberration!

“A vote will take place in the European Parliament on bottom trawling of the deep seabed which took tens of thousands of years of slow evolution to form…”

“I support Bloom in all the incredible work they do. Why destroy something that we have only just started to comprehend and from which we have so much to learn?”

“Deep-sea bottom trawling, a headlong rush into destructive madness…”

“The Dee Sea remain the last place on Earth with no protection whatsoever. ..”

“Protection must be strictly monitored and the conversion of fishermen be ensured in a human and economically viable way, as it should be done for all human activities to be “greened”…”

“Out of sight, out of heart! Deep-sea fishing destroys the seabed and the life that inhabits it in the most general indifference…”

“I deeply support BLOOM’s fight against deep-sea bottom trawling, which destroys under water ecosystems, extremely important for the preservation of biodiversity.”

“Every time we hurt the oceans, we hurts ourselves. Every time we take life away from the oceans, we take it away from the inheritance of our children…”

“I want to encourage the EU Parliament to pass the controls over bottom trawling…”

“During my life, I have been fortunate to travel extensively…”

“The oceans are the most important ecosystem on earth – regulating our climate, oxygen, and food, and everything should be done to protect them from the menaces of deep sea trawling…”

“Fish that inhabit the oceans are like bees: they are the sentinels of the state of the planet…”

“To continue fishing in the Deep Sea means to remove the cradle of life on the surface!…”

“Scraping the ocean floor and catching all the fauna is not fishing, it is a massacre…”

“Against all odds, we found that the subtle intimacy of the Deep were the setting for an unlikely fauna…”

“The biodiversity of the Deep Sea is a common treasure, it is urgent to stop the massacre.”

“It is vital to stop deep-sea bottom trawling because it means the preservation of life itslef…”

“Deep-sea fishing is harms ourselves as well as the generations to come…”

“Deep sea marine life must be protected from fishing and other human activity…”

” All of us are really concerned about environmental issues when we can see them and sea’problems are often hard (…)

“Save the deep, NOW!”

“The deep oceans are still largely unknown and remain, in many ways, quite mysterious to us…”

“Europe is meant to protect its people…”

“Men do not bite the hand that feeds them, they amputate it…”

“We haven’t yet explored the deep-sea bed and we are already destroying its biodiversity… Who knows the treasures hiding in the deep sea?”

“Until where will we go into the destruction? This aberration must stop, and fast. We should all support BLOOM Association.”

“Bottom trawling is a “crime” hidden away from public view… “

“I would think that a smart, 21st century European parliament member will not vote for throwing taxpayers’ (voters’) money into an industry that has never been profitable and, worst yet, destroys the deepest reservoir of biodiversity on our planet.”

“Beyond the intolerable massacre of biodiversity, the authorization of deep-sea trawling will raise radioactive residues…”

“Deep-sea bottom trawling is a fishing technique that has no future…”

“Deep-sea trawling is of very little interest on the vast sandy-muddy soft beds because biomass is low and these environments require long periods of time to produce…”

“”The ocean is my second home. The destruction of this paradise is unthinkable…”

“What to shout, and who to shout it to, for reason to prevail?…”

“No Nature, No Future! …”

“Deep-sea bottom trawling is an ecological disaster…”

“With the method of trawling, not only wildlife are affected but habitats are generally often destroyed after the passage of trawlers.”

“For years and years, fishermen have emptied the continental shelf, they did nonsense with the big boats, they were forced to create revenue to repay these boats worth several million euros…”

“I am passionate about the underwater world and I attach a profound importance to the protection of our planet and all life forms in general…”

“The deep sea is the least known place on earth…”

“I am lucky to spend much time in the water enjoying the waves…”

“A huge variety of fascinating life forms exist in the deep sea, not just corals and sponges…”

“The deep sea is an ancient environment, essentially unchanged for more than 20 million years…”