bottom trawling

Deep-sea protection frozen by Iceland

Last edited 24 November 2006 at 1:31pm
23 November, 2006

Ocean floor life remains at risk from bottom trawling as a result of Iceland's decision to block a UN moratorium

UN negotiations to adopt a moratorium on high-seas bottom trawling were torpedoed today, as a small number of influential fishing nations led by Iceland put the interests of their fishing fleets above other countries, the consensus of the marine scientific community and conservationists.

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Beam trawlers - destroying the seabed

Last edited 21 November 2006 at 4:36pm

"Fishing with modern technology is the most destructive activity on Earth"

Charles Clover, Environment Correspondent, Daily Telegraph

How beam trawling works

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Blame Canada (and Espana) - bottom trawling gets the South Park treatment

Posted by bex — 17 November 2006 at 7:06pm - Comments

Bottom trawling - it's not big and it's not clever. An upcoming UN vote could see a moratorium on this fishing method which is destroying life on the ocean bed, but Canada and Spain are opposing it. If the video below doesn't inspire you to take action, you've misplaced your funny bone.

Article tagged as: bottom trawling, moratorium, oceans, south park

Last edited 1 January 1970 at 1:00am
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High sea trawling threatens giant squid

Last edited 6 June 2004 at 8:00am
6 June, 2004

Giant squid and sea spiders are among thousands of prehistoric and undiscovered species under threat from a deep-sea fishing method known as bottom trawling which drags nets across the ocean floor and smashes everything in its path, Greenpeace warned today.

Article tagged as: bottom trawling, oceans, press releases, seamounts, squid