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How is this not already a thing?
And how can it take until 2030 to actually enact this law?
Faster, EU. At that speed there won't be any biodiversity left by the time the ban comes into effect. >

What we need are mines that prevent bottom trawling. They could sit harmlessly just off the ocean floor, but if a trawler snags them they are triggered by pressure sensor just as they are hauled on board. Their presence in an area should be loudly declared to operators and insurance companies, as their purpose would be to make it too expensive to illegally fish an area. No people ever need to be actually harmed. >

That's a very expensive operation.  Any sort of electronics that has to sit on the ocean floor requires constant maintenance.
I would propose a simpler solution:
Issue letters of marque for illegal fishing. >

Becomes too easy to pirate legit ships. If there are no survivors there is no other side to the story. >

The 'legit' ships are screwing us over too.  What we need is a moratorium on all fishing so...I don't see this is a bad thing. >

This would incentivize shitty bad for the environment ships on the water. Anyone who could get their hands on a ship and some firepower, is how I see this turning out. Real unscrupulous types. How is this going to help again? >

Net reduction in fishing for cheaper than a global network of mines >

A lot more poluting ships on the ocean is bad news for fish. Increased piracy is bad news for all shipping services. The medicine seems worse than the disease. >

Ban it everywhere >

I wish they could too, but if they say it without being able to back it up with action, nobody would take them seriously anymore, like North Korea. >

They were providing NK as an example of something that isn’t taken seriously, not as a member of the EU. Re-read their comment. >

Is bottom trawling currently allowed in protected areas...?
This seems like someone missed the point of "protecting". >

It depends on the country I believe. In France it is highly regulated if not straighforward forbiden. Still even in areas where it is forbiden some fishermen will try to sneak. Chinese are well known for that. >

Honestly need environmental ocean version of batman. Would be a shame if all those illegal fishing ships mysteriously started sinking and had to SOS. But that really wouldn't fix the problem... >

You mean like Aquaman? >

The Deep? >

justiceforTimothy >

Just protected areas? >

Way overdue, >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 85%. (I'm a bot)


EU countries will be required to reduce the harmful impacts of fishing on sensitive species and their habitats, under a draft EU biodiversity plan seen by EURACTIV. The "EU Action Plan to protect and restore marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries" is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2023 by the European Commission.
Under the draft plan, bottom trawling would be banned in Marine Protected Areas by 2030 but would still be allowed outside of those.
The proposal to prohibit bottom trawling in marine protected areas by 2030 is a full seven years from now, NGOs point out, warning that it is counterintuitive to continue destruction until then in MPAs, which are areas in special need of protection.


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We need to ban bottom trawling on HALF of the oceans fertile areas across the entire world. (Most of it is a desert).
Greenpeace was on the right track with littering the floor of reserves with giant concrete blocks.  Anyone illegally trawling would have their gear destroyed. It’s a bit of ocean litter yes but it’s a necessary evil. >

Kill two birds with one stone and cover the ocean floor with big iron spikes! Promote growth of reefs and shred their stupid nets