The calls for protection of the collapsing Orange Roughy fishery keep coming.
Despite the minister and his industry influence, the people really want the ocean to be better protected and allowed to thrive. 🐟 🌊
Orange roughy must be taken off the menu
https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/orange-roughy-must-be-taken-menu
A shark and dolphin walk into a fishing industry conference…
We went to the annual Seafood NZ Conference last week to deliver a strong message to the fishing industry and the government - we need more ocean protection.
With the help of Sharon the Shark and Hāna Hector, the dolphin who came along with our friends from Dolphin Defenders, we met attendees from the fishing industry at the Seafood NZ Conference.
The response was mixed. Hāna even got kicked out of the conference!
🐬🦈
#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans#NZPol #fisheries#CamerasOnBoats
A shark and dolphin walk into a fishing industry conference…
We went to the annual Seafood NZ Conference last week to deliver a strong message to the fishing industry and the government - we need more ocean protection.
With the help of Sharon the Shark and Hāna Hector, the dolphin who came along with our friends from Dolphin Defenders, we met attendees from the fishing industry at the Seafood NZ Conference.
The response was mixed. Hāna even got kicked out of the conference!
🐬🦈
#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans#NZPol #fisheries#CamerasOnBoats
Blue whales are going quiet and scientists say it’s a warning sign.
Ocean heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
Be the voice for the voiceless, share this post.
Blue whales are going quiet and scientists say it’s a warning sign.
Ocean heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
Be the voice for the voiceless, share this post.
Sorry I missed this update from Thursday last week, but Congo 🇨🇬 is the latest country to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty (aka #BBNJ) bringing the total number of ratifications to 52 out of 60 needed for the treaty to come into effect.
We are so close to acquiring a whole new legal framework for international ocean protection! 🌊🐙🐳
High Seas Treaty Ratification Tracker
https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
Sorry I missed this update from Thursday last week, but Congo 🇨🇬 is the latest country to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty (aka #BBNJ) bringing the total number of ratifications to 52 out of 60 needed for the treaty to come into effect.
We are so close to acquiring a whole new legal framework for international ocean protection! 🌊🐙🐳
High Seas Treaty Ratification Tracker
https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
No one but Jones, his captured regulator, and industrial interests support these proposed changes. 🌊 The author clearly states "If there are no more fish, there's no longer a fishing industry."
"All of these proposals have the very real potential to nullify decades of efforts to restore our fisheries for everyone’s benefit — including for the commercial fishing industry."
Fishing changes threaten ocean and industry
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/fishing-changes-threaten-ocean-and-industry/
Hōiho are at breaking point. The fishing industry is killing the ocean and it needs to stop. 🐧
She was the last: Penguin starvation crisis sparks call for emergency fishing ban | The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360780478/she-was-last-penguin-starvation-crisis-sparks-call-emergency-fishing-ban
#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans #fisheries#NZPol
Such an honour and a precious opportunity to learn everyday, working with staunch, courageous individuals like Juressa.
Read their words and join us resisting this new wave of old colonialism and extraction.
Say no to seabed mining! 🌊
✊🏽
Forty years of resistance in the Pacific - Greenpeace Aotearoa
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/forty-years-of-resistance-in-the-pacific/
And for some local #oceans #goodnews
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Great things can happen when nature is respected and given the time and space to recover.
Good example to follow elsewhere!
Marine reserve's 25-year review: 'When things aren't fished the place changes'
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/568360/marine-reserve-s-25-year-review-when-things-aren-t-fished-the-place-changes
Deadline for submissions on the collapsing Orange Roughy fishery ORH3B is today at 5 pm. 🐟
This is your chance to tell the government to stop bottom trawling!
The awesomely named "Review of sustainability measures for orange roughy (ORH 3B)" is emblematic of putting profits over ocean health. 🌊
You can tell the government to ban bottom trawling now.
Just send them an email.
(Example text in reply toot)
This is a NZ Orange roughy fishery that is in freefall. MPI is consulting what to do about it. They need to prioritise sustainability over profits. The ESCR ORH3B must be closed immediately. Even the most conservative option may fall short.
Some background:
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/08/study-finds-nzs-largest-orange-roughy-fishery-facing-collapse/
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/15/rough-times-for-a-classic-nz-fish/
Submissions are open until July 30th, 5 pm.
#ProtectTheOcean #oceans #BanBottomTrawling #fisheries #NZPol
And for some local #oceans #goodnews
🌊 🐟 🐙
Great things can happen when nature is respected and given the time and space to recover.
Good example to follow elsewhere!
Marine reserve's 25-year review: 'When things aren't fished the place changes'
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/568360/marine-reserve-s-25-year-review-when-things-aren-t-fished-the-place-changes
Unsurprisingly, it looks like Shane did not like our banner. 😅
Here he is again, ranting about it.
https://xcancel.com/mangonui08/status/1948909861930238302#m
#ProtectTheOcean#NZPol #BanBottomTrawling #oceans #fisheries#Greenpeace
The awesomely named "Review of sustainability measures for orange roughy (ORH 3B)" is emblematic of putting profits over ocean health. 🌊
You can tell the government to ban bottom trawling now.
Just send them an email.
(Example text in reply toot)
This is a NZ Orange roughy fishery that is in freefall. MPI is consulting what to do about it. They need to prioritise sustainability over profits. The ESCR ORH3B must be closed immediately. Even the most conservative option may fall short.
Some background:
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/08/study-finds-nzs-largest-orange-roughy-fishery-facing-collapse/
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/15/rough-times-for-a-classic-nz-fish/
Submissions are open until July 30th, 5 pm.
#ProtectTheOcean #oceans #BanBottomTrawling #fisheries #NZPol
TO: FMsubmissions@mpi.govt.nz
Subject line: Submission on Orange Roughy fishery (ORH3B)
My name is [Name] and I am [Something about you]. I live in [Place].
This is my personal submission on the proposed changes for the East and South Chatham Rise (ESCR) orange roughy (ORH 3B) fishery, which is now on the brink of collapse.
Orange roughy are a unique, slow growing species of deep sea fish that have been decimated by the New Zealand fishing industry and weak regulation. Orange roughy congregate on seamounts and are caught via bottom trawling.
I know bottom trawling is highly destructive - wiping out orange roughy numbers and also destroying the deep sea habitats they depend on.
I share the concerns of marine experts who are calling for a closure of this fishery so that roughy, and the habitats like seamounts, that they depend on, can recover.
I support the strongest measures that will ensure orange roughy thrive.
I don’t think option three - “60% catch reduction and partial closure” - goes far enough. Only closing the ESCR fishery completely, alongside a ban on bottom trawling on vulnerable seamounts and similar features, will protect orange roughy for the future.
Kind regards,
[Contact details.]
The awesomely named "Review of sustainability measures for orange roughy (ORH 3B)" is emblematic of putting profits over ocean health. 🌊
You can tell the government to ban bottom trawling now.
Just send them an email.
(Example text in reply toot)
This is a NZ Orange roughy fishery that is in freefall. MPI is consulting what to do about it. They need to prioritise sustainability over profits. The ESCR ORH3B must be closed immediately. Even the most conservative option may fall short.
Some background:
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/08/study-finds-nzs-largest-orange-roughy-fishery-facing-collapse/
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/15/rough-times-for-a-classic-nz-fish/
Submissions are open until July 30th, 5 pm.
#ProtectTheOcean #oceans #BanBottomTrawling #fisheries #NZPol
This is the story of just one courageous fisheries observer willing to speak out.
We do not know the exact extent or frequency of situations like this, but it is certain that his experience was not unique. 🐟
Greed and the profit motive are powerful incentives, the safety of onboard observers should be a priority. This is also why we need cameras on all fishing vessels. 📹
Bloody terror at sea sparks call for camera reform
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/21/bloody-terror-at-sea-sparks-call-for-camera-reform/
#ProtectTheOcean #CamerasOnBoats #fisheries #BanBottomTrawling
The view from a kiwi Marine Biologist, over at the United Nations Oceans Conference, and her feelings about New Zealand's government's lack of interest in the protection of the ocean.
All while the world gets on with bold action to protect the oceans. 🌊
Worth a read!
New Zealand isn’t just failing to act on ocean protection, it’s actively undoing progress | The Spinoff
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/22-07-2025/new-zealand-isnt-just-failing-to-act-on-ocean-protection-its-actively-undoing-progress
#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans #fisheries #stopSeabedMining
Young people are stepping up for ocean protection again! 🌊
A group of rangatahi have put out this community petition to create and expand marine reserves and do our bit to achieve 30% of protected areas of the ocean by 2030.
It is inspiring to see them organising themselves and I would like to ask everyone to please support their petition. 🌏
Protect What’s Left: Expand Marine Reserves in NZ
https://community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/protect-what-s-left-expand-marine-reserves-in-nz
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