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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. 

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

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.

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

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.

Continue reading UN urged to take critical action to protect marine life from industrial deep sea bottom trawl fishing