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The voluntary ‘ban’ on bottom trawling

Thursday July 6th, 2006. 3:09 pm by frog

Several news outlets carried the news this morning that NZ’s Sealord is one of four fishing companies to sign up to a voluntary ban on bottom trawling in some areas of the Southern India Ocean. This sounds like good news, but isn’t. In fact, the area concerned is already highly over-fished and depleted, so fishing companies agreeing not to fish it any more is pretty much meaningless. The damage is done.

As Metiria points out in this release, it’s a real shame, because industry buy-in is going to essential if the destruction caused by this process is ever to be contained. Greenpeace aren’t too happy either.

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Posted in Environment & Resource Management | by frog | Thu, July 6th, 2006 |

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3 Responses to “The voluntary ‘ban’ on bottom trawling”

1. poffa Says:
   July 9th, 2006 at 2:33 pm

   Great to see the minister taking time protecting the Southern Indian Ocean. I took time some months ago to express my concern about the number of ciggarette butts going into the rivers we take our water from and the harbours we eat fish from. I understand the pressures on Metiria’s time but am disappointed with the lack of reply to date.
   Cheers Poffa

2. stuey Says:
   July 10th, 2006 at 5:45 pm

   but the Minister didn’t do anything!

   except release a press release congraulating the industry for their decision.

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