Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

Coalition Publications
	Nov 2004 DSCC Statement to the United Nations General Assembly pdf; 2 pages; 440 KB English
	25 Oct 2004 A Net With Holes - The Regional Fisheries Management System pdf; 4 pages; 505 KB English \| English US standard	24 Sep 2004 Economics And Equity... The Deep Seas Parted pdf; 2 pages; 532 KB English \| English US standard \| Spanish
	24 Sep 2004 The Destructive Power Of Deep Sea Bottom Trawling On The High Seas pdf; 2 pages; 531 KB English \| English US standard \| Spanish	27 Sep 2004 Urgent Action Needed: A Global Moratorium on Deep Sea Bottom Trawling on the High Seas pdf; 4 pages; 617 KB English \| English US standard \| Spanish
	24 Sep 2004 United Scientific Community Calls For Moratorium On Deep Sea Bottom Trawling on the High Seas pdf; 4 pages; 675 KB English \| English US standard \| Spanish	24 Sep 2004 Mysteries and Mountains of the Deep Sea - Conserving Deep-Sea Biodiversity and Habitats pdf; 4 pages; 607 KB English \| English US standard \| Spanish

17 Nov 2004
High Seas Bottom Trawl Fisheries and their Impacts on the Biodiversity of Vulnerable Deep-Sea Ecosystems: Options for International Action
Report prepared by Matthew Gianni for IUCN, NRDC, WWF & Conservation International.
Executive Summary pdf; 16 pages; 1.2 MB
Full version pdf; 85 pages; 2.75 MB

Oct 2004
Coalition Critique of EU Proposal on High Seas Bottom Trawling
pdf; 4 pages; 576 KB
English

24 Sep 2004
Coalition Position Statement
pdf; 4 pages; 646 KB
English | English US standard | Spanish

Coalition Newsletters
	Download the newsletters distributed at the UN by the DSCC Newsletter #1 Newsletter #2 Newsletter #3 Newsletter #4

Member Publications
Defying Oceans End Defying Oceans End, An Agenda for Action, edited by Linda K. Glover and Sylvia A. Earle. Inspired by an urgent need to address the sharp decline in ocean wildlife, the disturbing increase in ocean pollution and the neglect of policies and resources to solve these problems, a team of international ocean scientists, economists, lawyers and representatives from governments, corporations and the media gathered in Los Cabos, Mexico in May/June 2003 to build a global action plan for ocean conservation. This book is the result. It can be ordered from Island Press. Greenpeace Save Our Seas: Documents and Reports Protecting the Deep Sea Under International Law: Legal Options for Addressing High Seas Bottom Trawling Executive Summary; pdf; 7 pages; 107 KB / Full report; pdf; 54 pages; 296 KB MCBI Medicines From the Deep: The Importance of Protecting the High Seas from Bottom Trawling Medical research suggests that novel compounds from the deep sea hold tremendous promise for treating human disease, highlighting the need to protect the fragile deep ocean bottom from destructive fishing practices like bottom trawling. Report produced by MCBI, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Principal author: Sara Maxwell. Occurrences of Habitat-forming Deep Sea Corals in the Northeast Pacific Ocean Shifting Gears: Addressing the Collateral Impacts of Fishing Methods in U.S. Waters A scientific study that methodologically compares fishing methods and concludes that bottom trawling is the most harmful to the marine environment. Oceana European Trawlers are Destroying the Oceans, pdf; 77 pages; 836KB English / Spanish Frontiers In Ecology: Deep-Sea Corals: Out Of Sight, But No Longer Out Of Mind Deep-Sea Corals: Report

Other publications

Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2004, edited by Clive Wilkinson, December 2004.

The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

Turning the Tide, Addressing the Impact of Fisheries on the Marine Environment, December 2004.

RCEP Recommendations, pdf. See 11:40-11:42 for the recommendations on bottom trawling.

ICES

Report of the ICES Advisory Committee on Ecosystems, 2002. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 254. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, December 2002; pdf; 138 pages. See in particular 4.3, page 32 (pdf page 41).
Report of the Study Group on Mapping the Occurrence of Cold Water Corals. Advisory Committee on Ecosystems, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. ICES CM 2002/ACE:05 Ref: E, WGECO May 2002; pdf; 21 pages.
Cold Water Corals Session of ICES-2004 Vigo-Spain. 7 interlinked pdf docs packed in a .zip file about 3Mb
View as html.

Marine Ecology Progress Series