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Incredible deep sea life is under threat from bottom trawling.
Ancient forests are in danger - deep under the ocean. Destructive deep sea fishing practices plunder under water worlds, leaving them barren and devoid of life.
Bottom trawling is the most destructive deep sea fishing technique, and Greenpeace aims to stop the destruction it is causing to deep sea life.
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11 JUNE 2004 - TASMAN SEA A Greenpeace activist on the Rainbow Warrior holds a ghost shark recovered during the day from bycatch discarded by the deep sea trawler Chang Xing in international waters in the Tasman Sea. Greenpeace along with more than a thousand scientists are supporting the call for a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling, because of the vast amount of marine life that is destroyed by this fishing method. Enlarge image

South Pacific fisheries hot in Chile

Australia and Pacific Island countries are urged to maintain their leading role in high seas protection at an important Regional Fisheries Management meeting in Chile.

Before and after view of bottom trawling. Enlarge image

Iceland harpoons deep-sea protection

The proposed moratorium on high-seas bottom trawling was harpooned today at the UN, as Iceland put the interests of their fishing fleets above other countries and scientific advice.