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This week, Greenpeace France took a stand and, in a valiant act of environmental activism, took matters into their own hands. At sunrise on Wednesday, May 21, activists aboard the Arctic Sunrise<\/em> ship dropped 15 very large limestone boulders into the Mediterranean Sea, targeting a protected area off the coast of Occitania known as the Gulf of Lion Marine Park.<\/p>\n

Carefully placed in a grid pattern on the ocean floor, each rock weighs between one and two tons. That is equivalent to a fully grown male White Rhino! The goal was to physically block bottom trawlers\u2014large fishing vessels that drag heavy nets across the ocean floor, a practice that has devastating impacts on marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Lorraine Turci \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This action is the latest effort in an ongoing campaign highlighting the French government\u2019s inaction on marine conservation. Greenpeace is calling for a ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas<\/a> (MPAs) before France co-hosts the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC-3) in Nice in June.<\/p>\n

The Gulf of Lion is a vital and diverse ecology in the Mediterranean, renowned for its rich biodiversity. There are magnificent habitats like Posidonia meadows, Coralligenous reefs, which support vulnerable marine life including gorgonians, sea cicadas and bluefin tuna.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Roger Grace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although officially designated as a marine protected area, the region remains vulnerable to industrial fishing, which Fran\u00e7ois Chartier, Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace France, says undermines the very meaning of protection. \u201cFor several years now, France\u2019s refusal to regulate destructive activities in its marine protected areas has been unanimously denounced by NGOs and numerous scientists,\u2019 <\/em>said Fran\u00e7ois Chartier, Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace France \u2018The government still holds to an archaic vision of marine conservation and fishing. Agn\u00e8s Pannier-Runacher refuses to comply with international standards on levels of protection in MPAs, preferring instead an unfounded \u201ccase-by-case\u201d approach. The Minister must heed our request, which is also that of all ocean protection associations: she must ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t Greenpeace\u2019s first move on the issue. In December 2024, the group exposed the presence of trawlers on the Bancs des Flandres<\/a>, another protected zone. In April, it collaborated with CNRS to publish a report<\/a> recommending a more meaningful and science-driven layout for MPAs across French waters. Now, by installing physical barriers in the form of boulders, Greenpeace is escalating its campaign to force the government\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n

Activists aboard the Arctic Sunrise <\/em>displayed banners that read \u201cThe government doesn\u2019t act, we do\u201d and \u201cMarine area protection in progress.\u201d It served as a direct affirmation of France\u2019s stated dedication to ocean protection.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Cl\u00e9ment Guilloux \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A critical opportunity to protect our oceans<\/h2>\n

With the UNOC-3 just weeks away, France has a critical opportunity to protect our big blue planet. While President Emmanuel Macron has made bold international pledges\u2014opposing deep-sea mining and supporting the High Seas Treaty\u2014it\u2019s\u00a0 time for those global ambitions to be ratified. To truly lead on ocean conservation, France must start by securing the health of its own marine environments.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace Australia Pacific is also calling on newly elected Environment Minister Murray Watt to ratify the Global Oceans Treaty<\/a> within the first 100 days of office. Furthermore, Greenpeace Australia Pacific would like Minister Watt to propose a world-first high seas marine protected area in the Tasman Sea. This aims to protect marine life, including blue sharks, from the harmful impacts of industrial fishing.If you would like to learn more about Greenpeace Australia Pacific\u2019s involvement, you can do so here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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