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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition congratulates Claire Nouvian for winning the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work to ban deep-sea trawling

23 April, 2018

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) congratulates Claire Nouvian, founder of BLOOM Association, a member organization of the DSCC, for winning the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work on a new European Union deep-sea fishing regulation. The regulation bans bottom trawling below 800 metres in EU waters and contains a variety of additional measures to protect deep-sea ecosystems such as cold-water coral reefs, deep water sponge fields and other so-called vulnerable marine ecosystems found extensively in EU waters from the harmful effects of fishing.

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The European Parliament holds debate on deep-sea mining after adopting resolution on international ocean governance

24 January, 2018
(report of the DSCC in conjunction with Seas At Risk)

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 16 January on ocean governance which addressed the growing international interest in deep-sea mining. This was followed by a debate at an event hosted by Members of European Parliament (MEPs) Linnéa Engström and Marco Affronte on 24 January entitled ‘Bring deep-sea mining to the surface! Environmental considerations and a need to shed light on decisions’.

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Landing The Blame – Overfishing In The Deep Sea 2017-18

4 January, 2017

Source: New Economics Foundation
Author: Griffin Carpenter

Fisheries ministers risk damaging our natural resources beyond repair by consistently setting fishing limits above scientific advice. This is our third year running a series of briefings to identify which Member States are standing in the way of more fish, more profits, and more jobs for European citizens.

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Conservationists urge full implementation of new EU regulation on deep-sea fishing formally adopted today

13 December, 2016

The European Parliament today concluded a long process of negotiation by voting to adopt a new regulation on deep-sea fishing, including a ban on bottom trawling below 800 meters in EU waters, and an obligation to close deep-sea areas to bottom fishing to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs). The Parliament vote to approve the regulation paves the way for its entry into force early in the new year. The priority now is to ensure vigorous and effective implementation.

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European Parliament bans trawling below 800m in EU waters

13 December, 2016

Source: #DeepSeaFishing

The European Parliament today (13 December) approved a Regulation establishing new rules for fishing in the North-East Atlantic, including ALDE’s support for a total ban of bottom trawling below 800 meters in EU waters. The lack of a proper regulation and the development of industrial fisheries in the EU during the last decades led to a dramatic stock depletion and destruction of marine habitat. This ban, setting a worldwide precedent, will help to protect vulnerable deep-sea marine ecosystems more effectively  by setting stricter conditions on deep-sea fisheries.

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Fisheries Council’s Reduction In Deep-sea Fishing Quotas Will Not Avoid Overfishing

15 November, 2016

Seas at Risk, The DSCC and Bloom are disappointed by the decisions on fishing limits for deep-sea fish stocks taken by the Fisheries’ Council of Ministers yesterday evening. Ministers did reduce the total allowable catch for most of the deep-sea stocks but this decision will not stop overfishing. Most of the quotas are set well above the levels recommended by the scientific community to achieve sustainable fishing and will consequently allow continued overfishing of vulnerable deep-sea species.

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The Allowable Catch of Endangered Deep-sea Species Must Be Zero, say conservationists

10 November, 2016

Marine conservation experts call on the European Council of Fisheries Ministers to prohibit fishing for endangered deep-sea species. The Council will meet on 14-15 November to decide on Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and quotas for deep-sea fishing in the North-East Atlantic*.

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