Deep Sea Life / Deep Sea Destruction / Coalition Activities & Events

DEEP SEA LIFE

	TED Online Talk: David Gallo: Underwater astonishments David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a shape-shifting cuttlefish, a pair of fighting squid, and a mesmerizing gallery of bioluminescent fish that light up the blackest depths of the ocean. Full Video
	Video footage of Greenpeace expedition with the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to the Mingulay reef off the west coast of Scotland, May 2005. View video, (Windows Media Player)

Deep Sea Coral

	Find out more about Deep Sea Corals and the impact of bottom trawling on them in these videos from NOAA's website.
	A further selection of videos are available from the NOAA Ocean Explorer website.
	Pacific Deep Sea Corals From the Bering Sea in Alaska to the southern tip of California, the Pacific Ocean seafloor coral and sponge habitat is threatened by collapse from irresponsible, destructive bottom trawling. Oceana's Pacific Deep Sea Corals website has a range of videos of deep sea life in the following regions: Aleutian Islands British Columbia Gulf of Alaska
	JungleWalk.com corals section: http://www.junglewalk.com/frames.asp
	A selection of videos are available from MCBI's website

	Deep sea benthos: find out more about life at the bottom of the deep sea and how creatures adapt to the cold, dark and pressurised conditions of the ocean depths. For example, many species create their own light through bioluminescence, glowing lures and fluorescence.
	Weird and wonderful creatures from the deep, Davidson Seamount, California, USA, 1500 m below the surface, (Greenpeace). Quicktime, 5.7MB Real, 2.9MB Windows Media, 3MB
	Videos of the following are also available from the NOAA Ocean Explorer website: Vertebrates: Fish / Skates and Eels / Sharks Invertebrates: Sponges / Jellyfish, sea anemones, sea stars, brittle stars, and sea urchins / Molluscs / Crabs and shrimp (NOAA Ocean Explorer)

	Take a trip to the seafloor with NOAA Ocean Explorer! Explore the hydrothermal vents of the Magic Mountain Chimney Fields You can also view a selection of videos from the seafloor on the NOAA Ocean Explorer website
	Go on an Interactive dive, developed by the Scottish Association of Marine Science, under the Deep-sea Conservation for the UK project.

DEEP SEA DESTRUCTION

Exposed - Bottom Trawling in the North Atlantic & Tasman Sea
	The North Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) might be one of the oldest fisheries management organisations in the world but it still can't control destructive fishing in its waters. During three weeks in the NAFO area in August 2005, Greenpeace witnessed mismanagement in the shrimp and Greenland halibut fisheries and dubious operators like the Estonian flagged Lootus IIlegally fishing in the area. Quicktime / Real Player / Windows Media player
	An overview of the destruction caused by deep sea trawling, including footage gathered by the Rainbow Warrior in the Tasman Sea in 2004 and 2005. A version of this video was presented to UNICPOLOS (United Nations open-ended informal consultative process on oceans and the law of the sea) in 2005. Quicktime Real Player
	Greenpeace video footage of a New Zealand bottom trawling fishing vessel in the Tasman Sea, 14 June 2005. The video shows crew members on board the Waipori dragging up and throwing overboard giant, ancient, deep water corals (paragorgia), endangered black coral and a rare species of crab. View video, (Windows Media Player)
	Greenpeace slideshow providing an overview of the problem and Greenpeace expeditions to the North Atlantic and Tasman Sea in 2004 to document the impact of of bottom trawling on the high seas. View slideshow
	18 October, 2004: Footage of discarded bycatch brought up by the Spanish bottom trawler, the Ivan Nores, documented by crew of the Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza in the Hatton Bank area of the North Atlantic just over 400 miles north-west of Ireland. View Quicktime (6.5 MBytes) View Real (3.1 MBytes) View Windows Media (3.6 MBytes)
	Oceana footage of the destruction wreaked by bottom trawling: Quicktime,  3.4MB, 42secs, ©NOAA/Oceana Real Media,  1.5MB, 42secs, ©NOAA/Oceana Windows  Media, 1.7MB, 42secs, ©NOAA/Oceana Bottom trawling video (Spanish) For further footage visit: MCBI's  website

COALITION EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

View videos from various scientists participating in a science tour of Europe as they bring their concerns regarding deep sea bottom trawling on the high seas to decision-makers. Visit the science tour pages

In a historic first address by Greenpeace to the UN General Assembly and on behalf of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Karen Sack challenged world governments to safeguard the future of the oceans. "The environmental NGOs on whose behalf this statement is being made, believe that there is enough knowledge for states to take immediate action to ensure a vibrant, sustainable and equitable future for all of our oceans. Don't let short-term needs sacrifice long-term viability. Take the opportunity of this anniversary to act, and meet the vision for clean and healthy oceans for now and for the future." Watch the UN webcast of Karen's speech (real media).

DSCC Coalition Launch, 5 October 2004

London	New York Press Conference (UN Webcast) (starts at 3.20  minutes)

On 5 October, 2004 the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition officially launched the campaign to save the high seas from bottom trawling. Watch the webcasts of the press conferences in London and New York or listen to the ABC Online's AM radio broadcast.

ABC Online AM

Wednesday, 6 October, 2004, 08:28 UN lobbied to ban bottom trawl  fishing. Reporter Kirsten Aiken talks to leading coalition member, Greenpeace's Bunny McDermott and Dr Alex Rogers from the British  Antarctic Survey who also spoke on behalf of the Coalition at  the London Press Conference.
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