Will new bottom trawling rules do enough to protect South Pacific seamounts?

Environmental advocates have long called for a ban on bottom trawling on seamounts in the South Pacific’s international waters, and they hoped one would finally be instituted at a regional meeting in Manta, Ecuador, in February. But the trawling, which has declined in scale over the last decade, will be permitted to go on. Bottom […]

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Will new bottom trawling rules do enough to protect South Pacific seamounts?

Why are seamounts still being bottom trawled?, Seamounts are biodiversity hotspots and it's vital we protect them to keep the ocean healthy, but they are still being subjected to bottom trawling!

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Protect seamounts and ban bottom trawling right now - Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand