The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition - Australia

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	2009 ICES symposium, 27-30 Apr, Azores, Portugal

Protect the Kakadu's of the deep
	20 September 2006 Ninety per cent of the world’s oceans are unexplored and only a tiny 0.0001% of the biology of the deep seafloor has been investigated, but the limited studies to date of these cold, deep, dark places find many wonderful surprises. More

DSCC response to UN report of high seas protection: Sparse, ineffective, woefully inadequate - now will you take action?
	15 July 2006 The United Nations Secretary General's Review of measures by states to protect vulnerable deep-sea life from destructive fishing practices such as high seas bottom trawling has confirmed these areas receive woefully inadequate protection. More

Trawl ban a drop in the ocean
	6 July 2006 The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition said the decision by Australian fishing company Austral to be part of an industry proposal to close parts of the Southern Indian Ocean from bottom trawl fishing shows they are aware of the need to protect deep-sea life from the destruction caused by bottom trawling, but warned this alone will not solve the problem. More

While Campbell tries to save the whales, Abetz fails to protect deep sea ecosystems
	19 June 2006 The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition today expressed disappointment that the Liberal-National Coalition Government did not support a Senate motion calling for short-term measures to protect the deep seas from the destructive fishing practice of bottom trawling until longer term arrangements for oceans governance are put in place. More

Australia fails to reach finals on deep sea protection
	8 June 2006 On World Oceans Day, Greenpeace gave Australia a red card for its inaction to stop deep sea destruction, in particular the highly destructive fishing practice of high seas bottom trawling. More

Deep sea gets billboard support
	1 June 2006 A billboard placed at Canberra Airport today aims to get public and politician's support for Australia to take a strong position in the United Nations in 2006 to protect deep sea life by agreeing to a global moratorium on the destructive fishing practice of bottom trawling on the high seas. More

Public calls for action on high seas bottom trawling destruction
	18 April 2006 The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition today posted postcards from the public to the Australian Minister for Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell. More

Legal obligation to track bottom trawling now
	27 February 2006 Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Australia Pacific Coordinator, Lyn Goldsworthy told the participants at the international Sharing the Fish Conference today, that all states have a legal responsibility and obligation to protect and preserve the marine environment of the deep seas. More

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