Taking action to stop bottom trawling

Today our two activists aboard a raft in Nelson Port blocked the Talley’s bottom trawler Atlantis for 10 hours before they were finally removed by the Harbour Master.

They're safely back on land now. You can see how the day unfolded here 👇

Updates: https://t.co/9FiYPJNdqS 🧵 pic.twitter.com/5tV3REXe6K

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 30, 2022

After 10 hrs on the raft we have been dragged out. Christine & I were ready to stay much longer to stop Talley’s ocean destruction. But we won’t stop taking action, along with all the amazing people fighting for this cause, till @DavidParkerMP #BanBottomTrawling on seamounts ✊🏻🐡

— Jessica Desmond (@FromAQuasar) July 30, 2022

The Harbour Master is on the scene.#ProtectTheOceans pic.twitter.com/LJcYD4LenR

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 30, 2022

Christine and I are on the raft here with a pretty clear message for Talley’s. Bottom trawling reduces precious ocean life to rubble and ruin. That sucks. Time to #BanBottomTrawling on seamounts and #protecttheocean pic.twitter.com/DClEBhw3uz

— Jessica Desmond (@FromAQuasar) July 30, 2022

Greenpeace activists on a raft have now been blocking a Talley’s bottom trawling ship from leaving Port Nelson for eight hours and are preparing to stay there overnight in opposition to Talley’s continued bottom trawling on seamounts: https://t.co/8AhGnrEnbY#BanBottomTrawling pic.twitter.com/DXDDHwi3Ik

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 30, 2022

Seamounts are the Ngahere ō Tangaroa we must protect them from fishing practices that are decades passed their used by date. https://t.co/5x2ax6IKP4

— Zane Wedding (@tweetswillsaveu) July 29, 2022

Whatever Talley's says, bottom trawling on fragile hotspots of biodiversity can never be sustainable. The corals that live on these areas can be hundreds to thousands of years old – and bottom trawling bulldozes them. #ProtectTheOceans @GreenpeaceNZ https://t.co/DFWhlEDlOl

— Ellie Hooper (@EleanorRowena) July 30, 2022

Good on you. I used to bottom trawl out of Nelson for Sealords. It was truly horrific. Indiscriminate, we pulled up sharks, penguins, black coral and all manner of 'bycatch'. Good on you Jessica!

— Grant Kitto (@kiwikitto1) July 30, 2022

Some great support from locals braving the weather to come and visit activists @FromAQuasar and Christine on the water 💙#protecttheoceans #banbottomtrawling pic.twitter.com/jHkIleLuhK

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 30, 2022

'Worst types of fishing': Greenpeace activists block Talley's vessel in Port Nelson https://t.co/SLLrFJed6G

— Newshub (@NewshubNZ) July 30, 2022

Whatever Talley's says, bottom trawling on fragile hotspots of biodiversity can never be sustainable. The corals that live on these areas can be hundreds to thousands of years old – and bottom trawling bulldozes them. #ProtectTheOceans @GreenpeaceNZ https://t.co/DFWhlEDlOl

— Ellie Hooper (@EleanorRowena) July 30, 2022

A tour of the Rainbow Roughy!

Christine is on a raft in the Port of Nelson blocking the Talley's bottom trawler Amaltal Atlantis from leaving.
More here https://t.co/s0NGv3ZAig#BanBottomTrawling pic.twitter.com/dWwJmzzyw4

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 30, 2022

Fishing industry like to play the numbers to make bottom trawling seem less horrific, but according to NIWA 80% of seamounts that can be bottom trawled, have been. Join me in calling on @DavidParkerMP to protect seamounts NOW ⁰https://t.co/20FgujDgS8
#ProtectTheOcean 

— Jessica Desmond (@FromAQuasar) July 30, 2022

Settled in to our floating home, the PV Rainbow Roughy. We’re are out today to stop Talley’s bottom trawling seamounts. For the sake of the oceans, biodiversity and climate! #banbottomtrawling #protecttheoceans pic.twitter.com/tGfdzjx6ab

— Jessica Desmond (@FromAQuasar) July 29, 2022

This is the Talley's bottom trawler Amaltal Atlantis trawling 65 nautical miles east of Banks Peninsula in March.

Today we're blocking it from leaving port in Nelson.

Bottom trawling on seamounts trashes ancient corals and should be banned.

📷 Geoff Reid, Film the Trawlers pic.twitter.com/KGvc0BOZW6

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 29, 2022

He kohatu i taka mai i te pari e kore e taea te whakahokia! (A fallen rock cannot be replaced.)
We are tearing apart our sea floor, No Coral lifted from the sea floor can be replaced. We need to stop this.
Tēnei te mihi nui ki a koutou mō koutou mānawanui https://t.co/faBpQCWnCK

— Zane Wedding (@tweetswillsaveu) July 29, 2022

Today, two awesome activists are blocking Talley’s bottom trawler, the Amaltal Atlantis, from leaving Port Nelson. #banbottomtrawling #protecttheoceans @GreenpeaceNZ pic.twitter.com/KdyFRI0Gve

— Ellie Hooper (@EleanorRowena) July 29, 2022

Every year, Talley's sends out a fleet of bottom trawlers for orange roughy, often on seamounts where ancient coral is scooped up and crushed by the heavy nets.

It's not fishing, it's extinction.

We're taking action today: https://t.co/dBTjJwCnMl#BanBotomTrawling pic.twitter.com/elJTs4bkBt

— Nick Young (@nickofnz) July 29, 2022

Bottom trawling smashes ancient deep water coral with heavy rollers and nets to catch long lived fish like Orange Roughy. Corals literally older than Jesus. The world isn’t dying it is being killed by firms like Talleys. Greenpeace is blocking their ship https://t.co/5hv1SBvAYk

— Russel Norman (@RusselNorman) July 29, 2022

On a large floating raft activists are blocking a Talley's bottom trawling ship from leaving the port of Nelson, disrupting Talley’s activities to protest its continued bottom trawling on seamounts.

See more and take action here: https://t.co/9FiYPK4gsS#BanBottomTrawling pic.twitter.com/RPCTHlE8uX

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 29, 2022

Seamounts need protection from bottom trawlers @DavidParkerMP and 79% of NZers agree! Take action now and ban bottom trawling on seamounts #protecttheocean #banbottomtrawling https://t.co/zaHEp0vpjW

— Jessica Desmond (@FromAQuasar) July 29, 2022

Today I’m out blocking Talley’s ship because we want them to stop bottom trawling seamounts. Seamounts are crucial to the ocean ecosystem and are bulldozed by bottom trawlers. #banbottomtrawling #ProtectTheOcean  pic.twitter.com/NkONk3CEOQ

— Jessica Desmond (@FromAQuasar) July 29, 2022

Greenpeace rafters block Talley’s bottom trawler in Nelson, via @GreenpeaceNZ https://t.co/1jSdCBDpAZ pic.twitter.com/fLVv4bORrO

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 29, 2022

This is what bottom trawling looks like, and the New Zealand season has just started again.

It's not fishing – it's extinction – like bulldozing a kauri forest just to catch some birds.

Join the call for a ban now: https://t.co/C4d9XK6nK6 pic.twitter.com/aU62KARa0s

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 19, 2022

Bottom trawling season has begun again.

How much do you know about what goes on out there? https://t.co/mjipmiUE64

— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) July 25, 2022

PETITION Protect the oceans from destructive fishing. Ban bottom trawling on seamounts! https://t.co/O5xR3iwtMx #NZOverFishing #SaveTheOceans via @GreenpeaceNZ

— Nick Young (@nickofnz) July 6, 2022