“For too long, the world acted as if the oceans were somehow a realm apart – as areas owned by noone, free for all, with little need for care or management… This common heritage of all humankind continues to face profound pressures.
Last year, UNEP designated the “Ocean – Dead or Alive” as the central theme of World Environment Day (5 June) and the publication of the report “Cold Water Corals – Out of Sight but no Longer Out of Mind”, stressed the need to protect cold water corals.
Continue reading Ocean dead or alive? High time for time out on high seas bottom trawling
The Pacific Islands and island people are living on vulnerable environmental frontlines. “As indigenous people, we depend on biodiversity for our traditional ways of life, and are entitled to an equitable share of benefits,” said Maureen Penjueli, speaking for indigenous peoples at the SIDS Panel on Environmental Vulnerability.
Oceana launched a cyberalert asking Spain to support a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling. Spain is one of the world’s most prolific bottom trawling nations in international waters and is opposing proposals for a moratorium.
A bright orange spider crab spanning almost two metres and black-skinned, luminous-eyed sharks are just some of the rare deep sea creatures dumped from the nets of an EU bottom trawling vessel.
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Jean-Michel Cousteau and his Ocean Futures Society (OFS) call on United Nations members to support a global moratorium on bottom trawling of the high seas.
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The needless destruction of the high seas was exposed by Greenpeace this morning, after documenting a EU bottom trawler operating in the North Atlantic.
Continue reading EU fleet exposed destroying deep sea life as UN meets to discuss protection
Deep sea bottom trawling has been compared to clearcutting ancient forests or using a bulldozer to catch rabbits. Campaigning to save the high seas from the most destructive form of fishing, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition held press conferences in London, New York and Chile.
