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Environmental groups are calling out the New Zealand Government for attempting to reopen a coral hotspot to bottom trawling, despite recent scientific findings proving the site is home to diverse deep sea life.
In Aotearoa we have more ocean than most, and the vast majority of us feel insanely lucky to share it with such diversity of life. But as election day approaches I can't stop thinking about how this coalition government steered ocean protection off course. On November 7 we have a chance to vote for ocean…
New fisheries data has reinforced the disastrous impact of commercial trawling, showing New Zealand trawlers reported hauling up more than 35,000kg of protected coral and sponges over a six and a half year period - despite the fishing industry claiming they avoid coral habitats.