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2009

ICES symposium, 27-30 Apr, Azores, Portugal

 


Bottom trawling in Parliament


Wednesday 19 October 2005. Activists from the Living Oceans Society and Ecology Action Centre dressed as deep sea creatures highlight the dangers to deep sea habitat from deep sea bottom trawl gear weighing several tons on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.

11 October 2006 – Australian Senate acknowledges the recent Australian Government position on high seas bottom trawling and with full cross-party support called on Australia to pursue all diplomatic avenues to ensure its's position on high seas bottom trawling is adopted at the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
• Australian Senate Resolution (pdf)
• Australian support for protection of deep sea life from high seas bottom trawling (pdf)

25 May 2006 – 'We are good at bottom trawling' states Government official
During the May estimates hearings, Senators were informed that Australia was good at high seas bottom trawling and was a responsible trawling nation.
• Read the transcript of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry discussion (pdf).
• Read the transcript of the Department of the Environment and Heritage Discussion (pdf)

28 March 2006 – 2006 the year to ban deep sea trawling, Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert. "The need for action is highlighted by the 185 photos that Greenpeace New Zealand recently obtained under their freedom of information legislation. The 185 images show a wide diversity of deep-sea life dragged up by high sea bottom trawl fishing."Read her speech.
View all images  / View Greenpeace slideshow

8 December 2005 – Australian Labour Party Opposition Member of Parliament Jennie George talks about the destructive impacts of bottom trawling and the role of the Australian Government to ensure 2006 is the year for protecting deep sea life from bottom trawling. Read the transcript.

5 December 2005 – A global moratorium on high seas bottom trawling can be enforced states Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert. Read her statement to the Australian Senate.

9 November 2005 – Addressing bottom trawling requires leadership according to Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert. Read the full text.

11 October 2005 – Australian Senate supports “urgent action” to protect deep sea life. Read the Senate motion.

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