{"id":13512,"date":"2025-06-12T14:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medreact.org\/?post_type=ctas&#038;p=13512"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:06:32","slug":"protect-enforce-restore-the-gulf-of-lion-fra","status":"publish","type":"ctas","link":"https:\/\/medreact.org\/en\/ctas\/protect-enforce-restore-the-gulf-of-lion-fra\/","title":{"rendered":"PROTECT-ENFORCE-RESTORE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In the lead up to UNOC 2025, MedReAct in cooperation with&nbsp;free diving world champion Alessia <strong>Zecchini<\/strong>&nbsp;has sent a strong message:&nbsp;#France must fully protect from bottom trawling&nbsp;the Gulf of Lion Fisheries Restricted Area (FRA), one of the most overexploited regions of the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World champion Alessia Zecchini performed a free dive off Marseille, calling on France to permanently close bottom fishing in the Gulf of Lion Fisheries Restricted Area (FRA), and to take urgent action to protect the most vulnerable ecosystems of the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wearing a diving suit with the message \u201cPROTECT-ENFORCE-RESTORE\u201d under the French flag, Alessia Zecchini dived 40 metres in the archipel of Frioul, near the only Fisheries Restricted Area established by the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/gfcm\/en\/\">General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)<\/a>, where bottom trawling is still allowed in the large majority of the protected area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"935\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/medreact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aaaa-2-935x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medreact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aaaa-2-935x1000.jpg 935w, https:\/\/medreact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aaaa-2-374x400.jpg 374w, https:\/\/medreact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aaaa-2-206x220.jpg 206w, https:\/\/medreact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aaaa-2-768x821.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medreact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aaaa-2.jpg 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alessia Zecchini urged President Macron to implement its own commitment to protect 5% of French Mediterranean waters by 2027, by starting to permanently protect the FRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without immediate action to fully protect this critical area, You can help us amplify the call to turn word into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can help us amplify the call to turn words into action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medreact.org\/en\/press_releases\/world-champion-zecchini-freedives-with-medreact-ahead-of-unoc-to-urge-france-to-fully-protect-the-gulf-of-lion-fisheries-restricted-area\/\">Press release<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medreact.org\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/medreact_unoc2025-activity-7336046601473306624-OEDt?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAACBztUBiCxtx4T5T9t-bzXuy2lnMr_CyIM\">Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/V6yLyi8ETyk\">English<\/a> - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/ednRMynB0D0\">French<\/a> - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/Z1nDnD7jnd0\">Italian<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the lead up to UNOC 2025, MedReAct in cooperation with&nbsp;free diving world champion Alessia Zecchini&nbsp;has sent a strong message:&nbsp;#France must fully protect from bottom trawling&nbsp;the Gulf of Lion Fisheries Restricted Area (FRA), one of the most overexploited regions of the Mediterranean. 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