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The government is refusing to release details of a New Zealand bottom trawler that pulled up protected species from a seamount, environmentalists said today. While the Ministry of Primary Industries has reported the incident to the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), New Zealand officials are refusing to release the information publicly, despite pleas from environmentalists. “What we know is that an unspecified fishing vessel trawled up fragile deep sea corals or sponges late last year, enough that the vessel had to report it,”said Karli Thomas of the Deep S...
Friday, 29 January 2021, 12:36 pm Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), Greenpeace, Environment & Conservation Organisations (ECO) The government is refusing to release details of a New Zealand bottom trawler that pulled up protected species from a seamount, environmentalists said today. While the Ministry of Primary Industries has reported the incident to the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), New Zealand officials are refusing to release the information publicly, despite pleas from environmentalists. "What we know is that an unspecified fishing vessel tra...
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