Our contribution to Seaspiracy’s G7 video campaign, demanding action that world leaders protect 30% of our oceans from industrial fishing by the year 2030.
I am pleased to say that our video message from the dolphins was selected for Seaspiracy’s 30by30 Campaign, Cry For The Ocean. Hundreds of collective voices and messages aired on June 12th at the G7 summit in Cornwall.
We are asking world leaders to establish and enforce the protection of at least 30% of our oceans from industrial fishing by the year 2030.
This year many governments have taken pledges to increase the number of MPA’s, yet the fine print of these promises reveal no mention of banning fishing operations from these areas of our seas. This would be like creating Rainforest Protected Areas, and taking no measures to protect the rainforest from it’s leading threats of deforestation.
Establishing and Enforcing ‘No-Take Zones’ will protect habitat and vulnerable wildlife whose populations are in a state of collapse, and will ensure these habitats have a chance of recovering. No-Take Zones prohibit extractive and destructive fishing operations – the single most destructive industry in our oceans.
This raises the question, do MPA’s even do anything? The answer in many cases is a resounding no. In fact, 97% of UK Marine Protected Areas continue to be plundered by bottom trawling – perhaps the most catastrophic form of fishing. The story is the same around the world. No-Take Zones have profound benefits to marine wildlife and habitat. Indeed, it is the only measure shown to actually work in allowing ecosystems to recover and rebound in a meaningful way. *ref- Seaspiracy
