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27 February, 2023
fishing
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.
15 February, 2023
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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.
22 November, 2022
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3 October, 2022
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28 September, 2022
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19 September, 2022
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27 August, 2022
DSCC Reaction
Negotiations in New York to agree a High Seas Treaty to protect the ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) have come to an end with more negotiations needed to finalize the Treaty.
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2 August, 2022
MEDIA RELEASE
This week, from August 2-3, in New York, a United Nations workshop will explore how far States have come in safeguarding fragile deep sea ecosystems from the damage caused by industrial deep sea bottom trawl fishing. The DSCC calls on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to finish the job the UNGA began in 2004 and insist that high seas fishing nations protect deep-sea biodiversity.