Black Foils Challenge Marine Trawling

The New Zealand SailGP team, Black Foils, received the Better Planet award for their environmental advocacy during the SailGP season, notably supporting the Swim4TheOcean campaign initiated by co-chief Blair Tuke. The campaign included ultramarathon swimmer Jono Ridler’s 1,367km staged swim along New Zealand’s east coast to raise awareness and petition against bottom trawling, a destructive fishing practice damaging seamount ecosystems. Despite public support and conservation efforts, New Zealand recently renewed permits allowing bottom trawling on seamounts, prompting the team and conservationists to call for stricter protections and a ban on permits by 2027.

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