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DSCC members will be attending or monitoring the following meetings.
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2008
FAO Technical Consultation on International Guidelines for
the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas, 25 - 29 August, Rome
NAFO
Annual Meeting, 22 - 26 September, Vigo, Spain
IUCN World Conservation Congress,
October 5-14, Barcelona, Spain
SPRFMO, 6th negotiating session, 6 - 10 October,
Canberra, Australia
Northwest Pacific negotiating session, 14 - 18 October,
Tokyo
CCAMLR (Commission
and Scientific Committee), 27 October -7 November, Hobart, Australia
NEAFC Annual
Meeting, 10-14 November
London (Dumping) Convention, November, London, UK
Complete calendar
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| North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission adopts comprehensive agreement to protect the deep-sea |
| 2 July 2008 The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) welcomes the agreement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) today to protect deep-sea corals and other sensitive ecosystems from high seas bottom fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic. More |
| NAFO MAKES PROGRESS ON UN RESOLUTION |
| 7 May 2008 The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) adopted a comprehensive
agreement to manage high seas bottom fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic at its
meeting which ended May 7th. NAFO members include Canada, the European Union,
Norway, Iceland, Canada, Russia and the US. More |
| TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR NAFO TO PROTECT DEEP-SEA SPECIES |
| 5 May 2008 Conservation organizations from across Canada and Europe have
called on the European Union, Canada, Russia, Iceland, Norway, Japan, the United
States and the other member nations of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
(NAFO) to urgently agree to protect deep-sea species in the Northwest Atlantic.
A special session of NAFO meets this week in Montreal to decide on regulations
to protect cold-water corals and other vulnerable deep-sea species from deep-sea
bottom fisheries on the high seas. More |
| Deep sea conservation deep sixed in the Northwest Atlantic |
| 28 September 2007 High seas fishing nations failed to agree to comprehensive protection of cold-water corals and other vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems on the high seas of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean at the annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), which concluded in Lisbon today. More |
| Time to Save the Northwest Atlantic |
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24 September 2007 As major fishing nations gather to determine the future of the Northwest Atlantic, members of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition called upon states to implement the United Nations General Assembly (UN GA) mandate for deep ocean protection. More |
| Deep Sea Protection - Stage Set For The North To Follow Suit |
| 14 September 2007 The Southern Pacific ocean was today one step closer to the protection of its deep-sea ecosystems as the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation meeting in New Caledonia ended. More |
| Nations Meet to Discuss Unprotected High Seas of South Pacific |
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10 September 2007 Representatives from countries throughout the South Pacific plus the European Union (EU), Japan, Russia, China, the US and others start a meeting today in Noumea, New Caledonia, to discuss a new regime for the management of one of the largest unregulated areas of ocean in the world. More |
| Landmark Agreement First of Its Kind to Stop Destruction from High Seas Bottom Trawling |
| 4 May 2007 New international agreement will stop destruction of deep water corals, seamounts and other sensitive habitats in international waters. Up to 25% of the high seas are to be protected from bottom trawling following a landmark decision by nations fishing in the South Pacific. More |
| Nations Meet to Discuss Unprotected High Seas of South Pacific Following UN GA Agreement to Protect Vulnerable
Marine Ecosystems |
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30 April 2007 Representatives from countries throughout the South Pacific plus the European Union (EU), Japan, Russia, China, the US and others will meet next week in Renaca, Chile to discuss a new regime for the management of one of the largest unregulated areas of ocean in the world. More |
| UN General Assembly calls for action on bottom trawling; conservation organisations pledge: we will be watching! |
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8 December 2006 The UN General Assembly (UNGA) concluded its annual debate on Oceans and Sustainable Fisheries today. At the close of the debate, the UNGA formally adopted two Resolutions, one of which included controversial measures for high seas bottom trawling. More |
| Effective action on bottom trawling scuttled in the final hours of negotiations |
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23 November 2006 UN fisheries negotiations ran into early this morning as delegates worked to find a compromise. They were looking at text which would have offered immediate protection for vulnerable areas in the absence of agreement on a global moratorium on high seas bottom trawling. Even this compromise was derailed by Iceland. More |
| New research reveals clear scientific reasons for the bottom trawling to stop |
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15 November 2006 Responding to new scientific findings about the correlation between seamounts, stony corals and high seas fishing grounds, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) today challenged the few remaining countries opposing a moratorium to step out of the way. More |
| European Community, South Korea and Russia sink international effort to protect South Pacific from high seas bottom trawling |
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10 November 2006 The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition has condemned northern fishing nations, the European Community, South Korea, and Russia for blocking measures which would have protected deep-sea life in the South Pacific. More |
| International Pressure on PM to pull NZ Bottom trawl fleet from High Seas |
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30 October 2006 An international coalition of more than 60 environmental groups has called on New Zealand to pull its bottom trawl fishing fleet out of the international waters of the South Pacific
to protect deep-sea life. More |
| Actress Sigourney Weaver Stands With Conservation Organizations And Ambassadors Calling For A Moratorium On High Seas Bottom-Trawling
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3 October 2006 Actress Sigourney Weaver today joined a coalition representing more than 60 conservation organizations from around the world at UN headquarters in New York to call for new action to confront lawless bottom trawling in deep sea fisheries. More |
| The EU Commission statement on high seas bottom trawling is greenwash |
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29 September 2006 The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) today accused the European Commission of greenwashing a set of proposals designed to undermine the growing support for a high seas moratorium on bottom trawl fishing, and noted that it did not seem to reflect the will of all EU Member States. More |
| Australian support for protection of deep sea life from high seas bottom trawling |
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22 September 2006 The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) has welcomed today's announcement by the Australian Government that it will support interim measures at this year's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to stop unregulated destructive fishing practices such as bottom trawling on the high seas. More |
| The southern Indian Ocean needs real protection, not voluntary half measures |
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5 July 2006 The proposal by New Zealand high seas fishing company Sealord, together with three other fishing companies, to voluntarily refrain from deep-sea fishing in limited areas of the international waters of the Indian Ocean, falls woefully short of the action needed to protect deep-sea corals, seamounts and other unique marine ecosystems in the region. More |
| DSCC calls for transparent Portuguese deep sea policy |
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30 May 2006 The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) today welcomed Portugal's three largest environmental organisations to its membership, at a Workshop organised under the auspices of the Luso-American Foundation for Development. More |
| Process not substance dominates preparatory meeting for FSA review |
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28 March 2006 Last week, from March 20-24, governments met in New York for the preparatory meeting for the Fish Stocks Agreement (FSA) Review Conference to be held from May 22-26. Although Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines indicated their intention to join the FSA, and some improvements were made to the criteria to assess the FSA, process and procedure largely dominated the discussions. More |
| Overwhelming Support for High Seas Bottom Trawling Moratorium |
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12 January 2006 A national poll released today jointly by Greenpeace and the Ecology Action Centre shows 78.3% of Canadians believe that Canada should reverse its current position on high seas bottom trawling and support a moratorium on the fishing practice in international waters - even if it may cost jobs. More |
| UN General Assembly fails to heed calls to protect the world's ocean commons |
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29 November 2005 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today reaffirmed its call for nations to take 'urgent action' to protect deep-sea corals, seamounts and hydrothermal vent ecosytems from destruction by bottom trawl fishing but stopped well short of agreeing to declare a halt to the practice in international waters. More |
| UNGA negotiations: NGOs prevail in retaining right to participate in the future of the high seas |
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14 November 2005 Despite attempts by several powerful governments to have NGOs banned from disucssions on the future of the high seas, NGOs will be allowed to participate in crucial meetings next year. More |
| NAFO's failure points to urgent need for moratorium on high seas bottom trawling |
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19 September 2005 The jewel in the crown of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) is failing, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) said at today's opening of the NAFO annual general assembly in Estonia. More |
| Oceans unveil how little is known |
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24 August 2005 The latest discovery of underwater life in abundance – coral forests at 1000 metres deep - was released today in Vienna at a conference of marine biologists, underlining recent calls to take a time-out on trawl fishing of the ocean bottom until scientists can accurately assess the real richness of deep sea life and its resources. More |
| DSCC to New Zealand bottom trawl fishing industry – get your facts straight |
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30 June 2005 In a recent press release, New Zealand's Seafood Industry Council seeks to draw attention from the growing support for a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling by downplaying and distorting the wealth of existing scientific evidence that demonstrates the destructive nature of high seas bottom trawling. More |
| High time for high seas: timeout on bottom trawling key to sustainable oceans |
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6 June 2005 As the United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS) meeting begins today, the international community faces a crisis of illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing. More |
| A call for action at the high seas governance conference |
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2 May 2005 Fishermen, conservation groups, scientists and community economic development representatives attended a two day international conference, held April 29th and 30th in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Participants concluded there are clear negative impacts of bottom trawl fishing gear on the sea floor. More |
| Response to Spanish Position On High Seas Bottom Trawling Moratorium |
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29 April 2005 "The Spanish are now on record as accepting that bottom trawling is extremely detrimental to the fragile habitats of the deep oceans," said Deep Sea Conservation Coordinator, Kelly Rigg. "It is therefore curious that their proposal would not require a single Spanish high seas bottom trawler to immediately stop fishing." More |
| International scientists visit European Parliament with call for action to stop the destruction of deep ocean habitats in international waters |
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19 April 2005 Leading deep sea scientists today spoke out against the European Community's failure to fulfil its commitments to protect the seabed from high seas bottom trawling. More |
| Fisheries Ministers fail to take action |
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12 March 2005 Fisheries Ministers from around the world meeting in Rome today, have failed to agree action to protect deep-sea biodiversity from the destructive impact of bottom trawl fishing on the high seas. More |
| International Conference on Biodiversity, Science and Governance Ends with Strong Call for Deep Sea Protection |
| 28 January 2005 The International Conference on Biodiversity, Science and Governance in Paris will close today with a strong call on the international community to meet its goal of halting the decline in global biodiversity by 2010. Critical among the areas of the planet high in biodiversity and under threat are the often-neglected deep oceans. More |
| Call for UN action on high seas destruction gains momentum |
| 25 November 2004 The IUCN World Conservation Congress has adopted a resolution calling for United Nations (UN) action to protect the world's oceans from high seas bottom trawl fishing. More |
| Baton of high seas protection passes to WCC as UN fails to take action |
| 21 November 2004 A global coalition of conservation organizations today called on members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) attending the World Conservation Congress (WCC) to agree to a resolution that will help protect deep sea biodiversity on the high seas. The coalition was joined in this call by Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Minister of Environment and Energy for Costa Rica. More |
| UN General Assembly - High Seas Bottom Trawling To Continue Unchecked But The Tide Is Turning |
| 16 November 2004 Ten years ago the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea came into force, bringing management and coordination to the world's oceans, but the treaty largely failed to anticipate the development of deep water fishing on the high seas. More |
| Rapacious Fishing Threatens Ancient Seabed Habitats - Call For UN To Take Action |
| 5 October 2004 A Coalition of leading environmental and conservation organisations today warned that the international community is failing to protect seabed habitats of the high seas, as oceans negotiations begin at the United Nations (UN) this week. More |
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