The Global Ocean Treaty, the most significant piece of environmental legislation since the Paris Agreement, officially comes into force tomorrow and artists worldwide are unveiling open-air art installations to celebrate the hard-won victory achieved by millions of people all over the world.
Did it ban bottom trawling?
There is ample and growing evidence of the harm #bottomTrawling causes in the ocean. Primarily to biodiversity but also to the oceans capacity to regulate climate. It is absolutely indefensible to continue this destructive, reckless practice in the middle of an ecological crisis. 🌊
"Bottom trawling is a fishing practice that is notoriously destructive to seafloor ecosystems. Now there’s growing evidence that it might unleash planet-warming carbon"
A Controversial Fishing Method May Dredge Up a Climate Time Bomb
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bottom-trawling-could-unleash-carbon-dioxide-worsening-global-warming/
