Bottom trawling is a barbaric practice that drags heavy nets and giant steel rollers across the ocean floor, grinding down everything on the way and permanently destroying the delicate marine ecosystem at the bottom of the sea.
The UN General Assembly's call to halt bottom trawling has been heeded by the 20 country meeting held recently in Chile. The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) has been formed to protect sever
al delicate marine ecosystems. The protected ocean area will extend from the most eastern part of the South Indian Ocean through the Pacific to the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of South America, and north to the Equator and south to the border of the Antarctic.
That means, hopefully from 30th September 2007 onwards, fish and other marine creatures living near the ocean floor will be left undisturbed in the world's most sensitive marine eco-systems.
Source: http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=101180
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