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SOUTH PACIFIC FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION MEETING SEA LIFE  LEAVES DOOR OPEN TO DESTRUCTION OF 30% OF DEEP SEA MARINE LIFE 

22 February, 2023

Media Release

Wednesday 22 February

The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) has given the green light to destroying 30% of vulnerable deep-water corals and sponges and failed to protect hotspots for life in the deep. 

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SPRFMO Member States have unique opportunity to end destructive deep-sea bottom trawling and commit to ocean protection

7 February, 2023

MEDIA RELEASE

For release 7.2.22

As the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) begins its 11th Annual Commission Meeting, held in Manta, Ecuador from 7th February, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) calls for the phasing out of bottom trawl fishing  on seamounts on the high seas by December 2023.

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