Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition

Bottom trawling is driving an ocean emergency. Every day, industrial trawlers drag huge weighted nets across the ocean floor, destroying marine habitats, threatening livelihoods, and releasing vast stores of carbon into the atmosphere.

Oceans are the planet’s life support system. They regulate the climate, provide food for billions, and support coastal communities worldwide. Without thriving oceans, all life that depends on them suffers.

But there is hope. the single most powerful way to overcome the ocean emergency. This starts with tackling the industrial methods that do the most damage, with those closest to the problem leading the solution.

We are the Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition. A global movement uniting small-scale fishers, coastal communities, and environmental groups against the most destructive form of industrial fishing.