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https://oceana.org 06-04-2009 15:23:41
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.Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is accused of driving plastic pollution in Samoa after replacing reusable glass bottles with single-use plastic alternatives – raising concerns about potential violations of environmental laws and human rights standards packagingeurope.com/news/un-invest…


Today small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society organisations handed a petition signed by 250,000 Europeans to Costas Kadis, urging him to #BanBottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas, through an #OceanPact where #Protectedmeansprotected. ➡️europe.oceana.org/press-releases…








Fining fishing vessels alone won’t stop illegal fishing. We need transparency on who ultimately profits from it. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean must ensure countries identify and act against the true beneficiaries of this illegal practice at sea. #FightIUUFishing 📄 europe.oceana.org/wp-content/upl…




"Destruction approaches, all the creatures in its path scramble [...] fleeing for their lives. [But] they can't outpace it. It looms closer & closer until it swallows them up." Reads like a horror film, but it's National Geographic's article on bottom trawling. 1/2 nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…





. @Oceana commends local California fishermen and California Department of Fish and Wildlife for innovating successful new technology to expand fishing opportunities while preventing whale entanglements.
