At the Our Ocean world conference in Athens on April 17, 2024, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that trawling in marine protected areas will be banned by 2030. A historic step forward for the preservation of our marine ecosystems hitherto destroyed by this practice! 

🚫🎣 Bottom trawling, a devastating practice for the ocean, will be banned from 2026 in Greece’s three marine national parks, before being extended to all protected areas.

But that’s not all! Two new marine national parks will also see the light of day in 2024. The first will cover 11% of Greek waters in the Ionian Sea, and the second 6% of territorial waters in the southern Aegean Sea.

Bravo for this superb initiative, which should set an example for the rest of the world!