Bottom trawler captured by drone

Week of Ocean Action

Join the call to urgently ban bottom trawling in European and UK marine protected areas.

Bottom trawling is damaging marine protected areas across EU and UK seas, contradicting their designation, threatening marine wildlife, deepening the climate crisis and impacting food security and economic resilience for billions of people—especially Indigenous Peoples and coastal communities. 

The 3rd UN Ocean Conference is nearly here, and our leaders need to act. 

We must unite and stand together for the ocean. During this Week of Ocean Action, call on your national government to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas and make protection mean something. Join the call below to send a message directly to policymakers and demand change. 

Header image source: Greenpeace

24 – 31 March 2025