Conservation Group Calls For Stronger Deep Ocean Protection
September 25, 2007 @ 09:06 AM (EST)
Source: Fishupdate.com
AS major fishing nations gather today to determine the future of the Northwest Atlantic, members of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) are calling upon states to implement the United Nations General Assembly (UN GA) mandate for deep ocean protection.
Following progress in the South Pacific towards real protection on the water, attention now turns to NAFO (the Northwest Atlantic Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) to deliver at least the same level of progress.
In 2006, the UN GA called on NAFO and other regional bodies to protect highly vulnerable and unique deep-sea ecosystems such as seamounts, cold-water corals and hydrothermal vents from the destructive impact of bottom fishing by no later than December 31, 2008...
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