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The EU allows bottom trawling, the world's most destructive fishing practice, to occur in its protected seas. 

But where is most of this underwater destruction taking place? A recent study of seven countries shows that Dutch MPAs are the most targeted, where bottom trawlers have indiscriminately scraped up the seafloor for a combined total of more than two million hours in less than ten years.

Explore the graphic — and once you’re sufficiently shocked and fired up, add your name to the link in bio to make a change and demand that the EU ban bottom trawling in protected areas.

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Bottom trawling involves dragging heavy nets — some hundreds of metres long and up to five tonnes — across fragile ocean seabeds, where they scrape away centuries-old reefs and destroy endangered marine life — and EU leaders are allowing this to happen.

Every day, dolphins, sharks, turtles, and other animals are swept up and killed at random. If we want to truly protect Europe’s seas, then bottom trawling in protected areas must stop now.

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Imagine a giant net sweeps through your neighborhood, completely demolishing everything in its path — your home, gardens, mailboxes, neighbors, roads, cars... everything is gone.

This is what’s happening to fish, corals, and marine mammals in the EU’s “protected” waters. Bottom trawlers tear up the seafloor and indiscriminately kill millions of creatures, regardless of species.

Enough is enough. It’s time to demand that the EU ban bottom trawling in their not-actually-protected areas. Add your name in support at the link in our bio.