Dear RCC Supporter,

Leaders worldwide are taking action to ban harmful bottom-trawl fishing and protect the ocean. The United States must follow suit. But President Donald Trump refuses to stop bottom trawling or to sign any treaties to protect the ocean.

Tell President Trump that he must ban bottom-trawl fishing NOW and sign international ocean agreements being negotiated in Nice, France. Tell Trump he must STOP. And SIGN.

Bottom-trawling devastates ocean ecosystems by dragging a weighted net along the seafloor to catch bottom-dwelling species like cod and shrimp. The nets leave lasting scars on the seafloor, while more than 75% of the organisms caught are bycatch and discarded. In Sir David Attenborough’s latest documentary, Ocean, the life-long conservationist condemned the controversial practice.

At the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, marine scientists are urging leaders to enact global agreements to protect the deep sea. In the UK, the government has TRIPLED the area where bottom-trawling is banned in marine protected areas.

Tell President Trump that the U.S. must catch up to the rest of the world. Ban ocean trawling and sign international agreements to protect our oceans. If not, the oceans that support all life on our beautiful, blue planet Earth will continue to suffer.