Stop the Trawler
Target:
The European Commissioner for the Environment Stavros Dimas
Sponsored by:
We the undersigned appeal to the EU commissioner for the environment,
Stavros Dimas with the following:
Background (Preamble): Mr. Steiner, former Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), said "deep sea bottom trawling is an act of insanity and should become subject to prosecution. We are just beginning to scratch the surface in terms of our knowledge of open ocean species and ecosystems at all depths, and realize the urgency of protecting them from degradation through over-harvesting and destructive fishing practices such as deep sea bottom trawling. We must protect the high seas before it's too late.
It most become priority for UNEP in 2006."
"Because of dwindling fish stocks, women no longer have sufficient work and do not earn enough to pay for essentials for their families like health, education and three basic meals a day. Europe is playing a major role in this growing catastrophe," says Faty Kane, campaigns officer at ActionAid Senegal.
Petition:
Trawlers devastate life in oceans which build up for millennia in minutes!
Seabeds gone empty; derived of grounds to flourish, to grow, to multiply, to create oxygen.
Life started out in the oceans, we have no clue what we are destroying. What is gone will not be replaced in our lifetime, in affect this means that sooner or later they'll have to stop anyway.
Rather now then when we passed the point of no return.
Trawlers rob native fishermen from their food, their income, in affect stealing from the poor,
causing them to rely more on richer nations to lend much needed assistence.
We don't need tons of food.
We don't need creatures of 150 years or older turned
into cattlefood.
We want the numbers of by-catch reduced.
We want huge commercial seafood trade diminished to
responsible fishing techniques.
Many doubt global warming is caused by mankind but trawlers
are without any doubt means of destruction of oceans, of life,
of cultures and we can't let them continue with a clear mind.
We suggest this: maximum size of nets and the abolishment of
'bottom ploughing gears' to save our oceans from overfishing and
destruction.
We the undersigned demand the regulations needed to stop
this vast destruction of oceans.
Thanks for reading this and please accept this petition.
Stavros Dimas with the following:
Background (Preamble): Mr. Steiner, former Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), said "deep sea bottom trawling is an act of insanity and should become subject to prosecution. We are just beginning to scratch the surface in terms of our knowledge of open ocean species and ecosystems at all depths, and realize the urgency of protecting them from degradation through over-harvesting and destructive fishing practices such as deep sea bottom trawling. We must protect the high seas before it's too late.
It most become priority for UNEP in 2006."
"Because of dwindling fish stocks, women no longer have sufficient work and do not earn enough to pay for essentials for their families like health, education and three basic meals a day. Europe is playing a major role in this growing catastrophe," says Faty Kane, campaigns officer at ActionAid Senegal.
Petition:
Trawlers devastate life in oceans which build up for millennia in minutes!
Seabeds gone empty; derived of grounds to flourish, to grow, to multiply, to create oxygen.
Life started out in the oceans, we have no clue what we are destroying. What is gone will not be replaced in our lifetime, in affect this means that sooner or later they'll have to stop anyway.
Rather now then when we passed the point of no return.
Trawlers rob native fishermen from their food, their income, in affect stealing from the poor,
causing them to rely more on richer nations to lend much needed assistence.
We don't need tons of food.
We don't need creatures of 150 years or older turned
into cattlefood.
We want the numbers of by-catch reduced.
We want huge commercial seafood trade diminished to
responsible fishing techniques.
Many doubt global warming is caused by mankind but trawlers
are without any doubt means of destruction of oceans, of life,
of cultures and we can't let them continue with a clear mind.
We suggest this: maximum size of nets and the abolishment of
'bottom ploughing gears' to save our oceans from overfishing and
destruction.
We the undersigned demand the regulations needed to stop
this vast destruction of oceans.
Thanks for reading this and please accept this petition.
We the undersigned appeal to the EU commissioner for the environment,
Stavros Dimas with the following:
Background (Preamble): Mr. Steiner, former Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), said "deep sea bottom trawling is an act of insanity and should become subject to prosecution. We are just beginning to scratch the surface in terms of our knowledge of open ocean species and ecosystems at all depths, and realize the urgency of protecting them from degradation through over-harvesting and destructive fishing practices such as deep sea bottom trawling. We must protect the high seas before it's too late.
It most become priority for UNEP in 2006."
"Because of dwindling fish stocks, women no longer have sufficient work and do not earn enough to pay for essentials for their families like health, education and three basic meals a day. Europe is playing a major role in this growing catastrophe," says Faty Kane, campaigns officer at ActionAid Senegal.
Petition:
Trawlers devastate life in oceans which build up for millennia in minutes!
Seabeds gone empty; derived of grounds to flourish, to grow, to multiply, to create oxygen.
Life started out in the oceans, we have no clue what we are destroying. What is gone will not be replaced in our lifetime, in affect this means that sooner or later they'll have to stop anyway.
Rather now then when we passed the point of no return.
Trawlers rob native fishermen from their food, their income, in affect stealing from the poor,
causing them to rely more on richer nations to lend much needed assistence.
We don't need tons of food.
We don't need creatures of 150 years or older turned
into cattlefood.
We want the numbers of by-catch reduced.
We want huge commercial seafood trade diminished to
responsible fishing techniques.
Many doubt global warming is caused by mankind but trawlers
are without any doubt means of destruction of oceans, of life,
of cultures and we can't let them continue with a clear mind.
We suggest this: maximum size of nets and the abolishment of
'bottom ploughing gears' to save our oceans from overfishing and
destruction.
We the undersigned demand the regulations needed to stop
this vast destruction of oceans.
Thanks for reading this and please accept this petition.
Stavros Dimas with the following:
Background (Preamble): Mr. Steiner, former Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), said "deep sea bottom trawling is an act of insanity and should become subject to prosecution. We are just beginning to scratch the surface in terms of our knowledge of open ocean species and ecosystems at all depths, and realize the urgency of protecting them from degradation through over-harvesting and destructive fishing practices such as deep sea bottom trawling. We must protect the high seas before it's too late.
It most become priority for UNEP in 2006."
"Because of dwindling fish stocks, women no longer have sufficient work and do not earn enough to pay for essentials for their families like health, education and three basic meals a day. Europe is playing a major role in this growing catastrophe," says Faty Kane, campaigns officer at ActionAid Senegal.
Petition:
Trawlers devastate life in oceans which build up for millennia in minutes!
Seabeds gone empty; derived of grounds to flourish, to grow, to multiply, to create oxygen.
Life started out in the oceans, we have no clue what we are destroying. What is gone will not be replaced in our lifetime, in affect this means that sooner or later they'll have to stop anyway.
Rather now then when we passed the point of no return.
Trawlers rob native fishermen from their food, their income, in affect stealing from the poor,
causing them to rely more on richer nations to lend much needed assistence.
We don't need tons of food.
We don't need creatures of 150 years or older turned
into cattlefood.
We want the numbers of by-catch reduced.
We want huge commercial seafood trade diminished to
responsible fishing techniques.
Many doubt global warming is caused by mankind but trawlers
are without any doubt means of destruction of oceans, of life,
of cultures and we can't let them continue with a clear mind.
We suggest this: maximum size of nets and the abolishment of
'bottom ploughing gears' to save our oceans from overfishing and
destruction.
We the undersigned demand the regulations needed to stop
this vast destruction of oceans.
Thanks for reading this and please accept this petition.
We the undersigned, appeal to the European Commissioner for the Environment, Stavros Dimas,
Background (Preamble): Mr. Achim Steiner, former Director General
of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), current UNEP Executive
Director, said "deep sea bottom trawling is an act of insanity and
should become subject to prosecution. We are just beginning to
scratch the surface in terms of our knowledge of open ocean
species and ecosystems at all depths, and realize the urgency of protecting them from degradation through over-harvesting and
destructive fishing practices such as deep sea bottom trawling.
We must protect the high seas before it's too late.
It most become priority for UNEP in 2006."
"Because of dwindling fish stocks, women no longer have sufficient
work and do not earn enough to pay for essentials for their families
like health, education and three basic meals a day.
Europe is playing a major role in this growing catastrophe, says Faty
Kane, campaigns officer at ActionAid Senegal in 2007.
We are now several years further and still either the
legislation or the enforcements are serious lacking
Still the destruction continued.
Petition:
Trawlers devastate life in oceans which build up for millennia in
minutes!
Seabeds gone empty: derived of grounds to flourish, to grow,
to multiply, to create oxygen.
Life started out in the oceans, we have no clue what we are
destroying.
What is gone will not be replaced in our lifetime,
in affect this means that sooner or later they'll have to stop anyway.
But rather now then when we passed the point of no return.
Trawlers rob native fishermen from their food, their income,
in affect stealing from the poor, causing them to rely on richer
nations to lend much needed assistence.
We don't need tons of food, many of us are willing to pay well for
seafood.
We don't need creatures perhaps of 150 years or older turned into cattlefood.
We don't want two-third of the catch being discarded and thrown overboard.
Many doubt global warming is caused by men but trawlers are without
any doubt means of destruction of oceans, of life, of cultures
and we can't let them continue with a clear mind.
We the undersigned demand the regulations needed to stop this vast destruction of our oceans.
Thanks for reading this and please accept this petition,
Background (Preamble): Mr. Achim Steiner, former Director General
of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), current UNEP Executive
Director, said "deep sea bottom trawling is an act of insanity and
should become subject to prosecution. We are just beginning to
scratch the surface in terms of our knowledge of open ocean
species and ecosystems at all depths, and realize the urgency of protecting them from degradation through over-harvesting and
destructive fishing practices such as deep sea bottom trawling.
We must protect the high seas before it's too late.
It most become priority for UNEP in 2006."
"Because of dwindling fish stocks, women no longer have sufficient
work and do not earn enough to pay for essentials for their families
like health, education and three basic meals a day.
Europe is playing a major role in this growing catastrophe, says Faty
Kane, campaigns officer at ActionAid Senegal in 2007.
We are now several years further and still either the
legislation or the enforcements are serious lacking
Still the destruction continued.
Petition:
Trawlers devastate life in oceans which build up for millennia in
minutes!
Seabeds gone empty: derived of grounds to flourish, to grow,
to multiply, to create oxygen.
Life started out in the oceans, we have no clue what we are
destroying.
What is gone will not be replaced in our lifetime,
in affect this means that sooner or later they'll have to stop anyway.
But rather now then when we passed the point of no return.
Trawlers rob native fishermen from their food, their income,
in affect stealing from the poor, causing them to rely on richer
nations to lend much needed assistence.
We don't need tons of food, many of us are willing to pay well for
seafood.
We don't need creatures perhaps of 150 years or older turned into cattlefood.
We don't want two-third of the catch being discarded and thrown overboard.
Many doubt global warming is caused by men but trawlers are without
any doubt means of destruction of oceans, of life, of cultures
and we can't let them continue with a clear mind.
We the undersigned demand the regulations needed to stop this vast destruction of our oceans.
Thanks for reading this and please accept this petition,
We signed the "Stop the Trawler" petition!
# 114:
12:41 am PST, Feb 3,
Mary Foley, Ireland
# 113:
9:09 pm PST, Feb 2,
Marilu Hagen, Florida
Enter your thoughts around this issue and what you can do to practically support it. Boycot? Buy only from conservational councils? Write letters or ideas for a law proposal? Leave it here.
Enter your thoughts around this issue and what you can do to practically support it. Boycot? Buy only from conservational councils? Write letters or ideas for a law proposal? Leave it here.
Please spread the word, with 45,000 signatures the EU will have to debate over it.
# 112:
7:57 pm PST, Feb 2,
Andrea Grajek, Guam
# 111:
6:56 pm PST, Feb 2,
Sidney Toups, North Carolina
# 110:
11:47 pm PST, Feb 1,
Richard Hollister, Arizona
# 109:
11:00 am PST, Feb 1,
Robert Lambie, United Kingdom
# 108:
1:04 am PST, Jan 21,
Christofer Jauneau, France
# 107:
1:14 pm PST, Jan 15,
Julia Maeder, Germany
# 106:
12:07 pm PST, Jan 15,
Paul Hammond, Thailand
We need to help native fishermen and their villages by stopping these bottom-dragging "greedsters".
We need to help native fishermen and their villages by stopping these bottom-dragging "greedsters".
# 105:
10:01 pm PST, Jan 13,
Conni Kilman, Colorado
# 104:
4:36 pm PST, Jan 12,
Rhonda Lynn, California
# 103:
10:21 pm PST, Jan 10,
Val Price, Colorado
# 102:
3:46 pm PST, Jan 9,
Gillian Miller, United Kingdom
# 101:
3:31 pm PST, Jan 8,
James Carpenter, United Kingdom
# 100:
9:01 pm PST, Jan 7,
Sarah Pearce, Australia
Lets stick together on this issue. It is a great cause, and if either petition makes the grade. We can always work together. Ocean life is the beginning and end of many natural food chains. Trawlers are sea rapists and destroy millions of years of natural growth in a heart beat. You have my vote.
Lets stick together on this issue. It is a great cause, and if either petition makes the grade. We can always work together. Ocean life is the beginning and end of many natural food chains. Trawlers are sea rapists and destroy millions of years of natural growth in a heart beat. You have my vote.
# 99:
2:37 pm PST, Jan 7,
Matteo Modesti, Italy
# 98:
1:38 pm PST, Jan 7,
Kurt Valentine, Netherlands
Save the oceans, now it is still possible.
Save the oceans, now it is still possible.
# 97:
11:01 am PST, Jan 3,
Daryl Haynes, United Kingdom
# 96:
8:56 am PST, Jan 2,
Mark Parsons, Germany
# 95:
6:55 am PST, Jan 2,
Ralf Arno Wess, Germany
# 94:
1:06 am PST, Jan 1,
Gerlinde Palsingh, Austria
# 93:
6:14 pm PST, Dec 30,
Ceci M M, Florida
# 92:
12:23 pm PST, Dec 14,
Erik Seidel, Washington
# 91:
1:01 pm PST, Dec 11,
Jason J Green, Virginia
# 90:
9:30 am PST, Dec 10,
James Herron, California
Will we never learn? Mankinds impact upon ecosystems places all life in jeopardy. If only other species could share their views!
Will we never learn? Mankinds impact upon ecosystems places all life in jeopardy. If only other species could share their views!
# 89:
9:06 am PST, Dec 10,
Steve Cullen, California
This is an issue who's time has come, as we've already damaged the ocean to a very, very critical state. We may be able to save it, but right now... we need to stop damaging it!!
This is an issue who's time has come, as we've already damaged the ocean to a very, very critical state. We may be able to save it, but right now... we need to stop damaging it!!
# 88:
7:06 am PST, Dec 10,
Evelyn McMullen, Alabama
# 87:
6:53 am PST, Dec 10,
Erika Engelhardt, Michigan
# 86:
6:26 am PST, Dec 10,
MARIA PAPADOPOULOU, Greece
# 85:
6:19 am PST, Dec 10,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 84:
6:04 am PST, Dec 10,
Heather Perry, Kentucky
# 83:
12:44 am PST, Dec 9,
Ildi Paroczy, Australia
# 82:
8:50 am PST, Dec 7,
Olivia Holak, France
# 81:
2:45 pm PST, Dec 5,
Ron Scofield, Wisconsin
Ron Scofield
Ron Scofield
# 80:
10:41 am PST, Dec 4,
Cynthia McBride, Canada
# 79:
10:01 pm PST, Dec 3,
Lyhann O'Shaughnessy, Mexico
# 78:
7:34 pm PST, Dec 3,
Marco Durepos, Canada
# 77:
11:40 am PST, Dec 2,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 76:
12:44 am PST, Dec 1,
Sime Validzic, Croatia
It is unacceptable for any government to subsidize or promote commercial fishing. It is a cruel and unsustainable "industry" which kills not "just" the fish themselves (in the tens of billions) but also sea birds, mammals and turtles.
It is unacceptable for any government to subsidize or promote commercial fishing. It is a cruel and unsustainable "industry" which kills not "just" the fish themselves (in the tens of billions) but also sea birds, mammals and turtles.
# 75:
8:06 am PST, Nov 30,
Gerold Fahrer, Germany
# 74:
7:05 am PST, Nov 30,
Susan Terwilliger, New York
# 73:
4:44 am PST, Nov 30,
Paul Lofts, United Kingdom
I have just read two recently written books called "Sea Sick" and "Dead Seas". Both warn of the fragile situation our seas are in and that land based humanity seems to have little idea of how our seas are being ravaged,polluted and destroyed.There needs to be greater awareness raising in general about this whole issue to empower human beings to take action and do something to redress the problem.
I have just read two recently written books called "Sea Sick" and "Dead Seas". Both warn of the fragile situation our seas are in and that land based humanity seems to have little idea of how our seas are being ravaged,polluted and destroyed.There needs to be greater awareness raising in general about this whole issue to empower human beings to take action and do something to redress the problem.
# 72:
3:53 am PST, Nov 30,
Elizabeth Nicol, Canada
# 71:
3:39 am PST, Nov 30,
Sheryl Becker, Massachusetts
# 70:
10:12 pm PST, Nov 29,
Lauren Verruni, Pennsylvania
# 69:
5:39 pm PST, Nov 29,
Nyack Clancy, New York
# 68:
5:36 pm PST, Nov 29,
Name not displayed, California
# 67:
11:33 pm PST, Nov 28,
Gail Dair, Australia
# 66:
3:53 pm PST, Nov 27,
James Duffy, Canada
# 65:
3:56 am PST, Nov 21,
Philippe Ducreux, France
# 64:
1:37 pm PST, Nov 19,
Barbara Tomlinson, Washington
"deep sea bottom trawling is an act of insanity and should become subject to prosecution. We are just beginning to scratch the surface in terms of our knowledge of open ocean species and ecosystems at all depths, and realize the urgency of protecting them from degradation through over-harvesting and destructive fishing practices such as deep sea bottom trawling." "ACT OF INSANITY" is a CORRECT CHARACTERIZATION!
"deep sea bottom trawling is an act of insanity and should become subject to prosecution. We are just beginning to scratch the surface in terms of our knowledge of open ocean species and ecosystems at all depths, and realize the urgency of protecting them from degradation through over-harvesting and destructive fishing practices such as deep sea bottom trawling." "ACT OF INSANITY" is a CORRECT CHARACTERIZATION!
# 63:
4:59 am PST, Nov 19,
Sonja Gay, France
# 62:
6:46 pm PST, Nov 18,
Daniel Scheuch, Australia
# 61:
11:08 am PST, Nov 17,
Denise Lytle, New Jersey
# 60:
3:04 pm PST, Nov 16,
Vanessa Gutierrez, California
# 59:
1:51 am PST, Nov 14,
Neokuji ., Arizona
# 58:
3:50 am PST, Nov 12,
Eureka Morrison, South Africa
As a vegan I don't eat any fish. But for those who insist on killing to feed themselves - they must keep in mind that our natural resources of food is not endless. We must live in harmony with nature, and we must not allow the large corporate fisheries to push the subsistance fisherman to the brink of starvation!
As a vegan I don't eat any fish. But for those who insist on killing to feed themselves - they must keep in mind that our natural resources of food is not endless. We must live in harmony with nature, and we must not allow the large corporate fisheries to push the subsistance fisherman to the brink of starvation!
# 57:
12:36 pm PST, Nov 11,
Sandy Gilbert, California
# 56:
8:59 am PST, Nov 11,
Lisa Shaw, Canada
# 55:
6:27 pm PST, Nov 9,
PipperLea Nicol, Canada
# 54:
8:31 pm PST, Nov 8,
Elizabeth Sinclair, Florida
# 53:
6:58 pm PST, Nov 7,
Ash Clarke, United Kingdom
PLEASE respect the science and common sense, take responsibilty to stop the raping of our oceans. I'm going to spread the word, commit myself to only buying sustainably caught fish and make posters to put up in various local fishmongers to remind people it is their right to demand to know where their catch came from.
PLEASE respect the science and common sense, take responsibilty to stop the raping of our oceans. I'm going to spread the word, commit myself to only buying sustainably caught fish and make posters to put up in various local fishmongers to remind people it is their right to demand to know where their catch came from.
# 52:
6:01 pm PST, Nov 7,
Jennifer Gardner, Florida
# 51:
8:36 am PST, Nov 7,
Glenn Ligon, South Carolina
