When the net gets to a new country a clock is set on this site with a cyber action to the minister in that country. After just over 24 hours after the clock was set, the Swedish minister of environment came to visit the net. After seeing the exhibition and talking to us here, she stated that as well as confirming Sweden's support for the moratorium, she would take this knowledge forward to her colleagues in the EU, and try to push them to stop this extremely destructive practice.

The Swedish minister acknowledged that bottom trawling is one of the most destructive fishing practices in the world. She will do her best to influence her colleagues in the EU to try to get a favorable position for the forthcoming negotiations at the UN later this year. She also said that this is made difficult by the resistance of a few big fishing nations such as Spain, but now that she has seen here today, that it is such a small insignificant proportion of the worlds fisheries, she was positive that it should be possible to get a good position on moratorium. She also said that it is crucial to inform the politicians in the EU and increase the awareness between them"

- Ida

So far so good, we will continue with the net tour to raise the awareness of these issues to the public and to the eyes of those in power to change the EU position on moratorium. You are welcome and join us along the way if you can please take action by sending a message to ministers of the countries with clocks still ticking to follow Sweden's advice!