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(DSCC),&nbsp; Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO), Forest and Bird, Greenpeace, LegaSea, Our Seas Our Future (OSOF), and WWF New Zealand presented the 50,000 plus names on a giant model of paragorgia (bubblegum) coral, a species found on New Zealand seamounts.<\/p>\n\n<p>Oceans and Fisheries Minister Hon David Parker, and Greens conservation spokesperson Eugenie Sage, were there to receive the petition at Parliament.<\/p>\n\n<p>The ancient coral is an example of what the groups describe as the \u201ckauri of the oceans.\u201d These corals take hundreds of years to grow and are being wiped out by bottom trawl fishing, which involves dragging huge weighted nets over seamounts, that are hotspots for ocean life.<br><\/p>\n\n<p>Barry Weeber of ECO says: \u201cMost New Zealanders have no idea that while our fishing industry is continuing to bottom trawl sensitive areas, the rest of the world has mostly banned it. We need to catch up, and stop trashing the oceans to fill supermarket freezers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Forest and Bird Chief Executive Kevin Hague says it\u2019s time for the Government to act.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe have a new Government, with a new Ministerial portfolio that marries oceans and fisheries, signalling a big shift in thinking. But the real test of the Government\u2019s intentions will come with how it deals with this issue, because we cannot have sustainable oceans if we have bottom trawling.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Mandy Kupenga, Greenpeace oceans campaigner, agrees, adding it\u2019s clear self-regulation of the fishing fleet has not worked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cJust last week Talley\u2019s was found guilty of illegally bottom trawling inside a marine reserve,\u201d she says. \u201cThey\u2019ve failed to follow the rules too many times to ignore. The Government needs to step in and regulate in order to protect our marine environment for all New Zealanders.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Scott McIndoe of LegaSea says: \u201cThis kind of industrial fishing should be a thing of the past. There are so many pressures on our oceans today, from climate change to pollution and overfishing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>OSOF Operations Lead, Noel Jhinku, says: \u201cOur marine environment faces challenging times ahead, and we now have the political will to put more focus on protecting our oceans. We need to stop \u2018clear-felling\u2019 fragile marine ecosystems with unbelievably destructive fishing methods, and we need to take action quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Livia Esterhazy, Chief Executive of WWF-New Zealand says: &#8220;Deep-sea corals are a protected species and our taonga, so we must do everything in our power to protect them.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Aotearoa is kaitiaki of the fourth largest EEZ in the world, but we only fully protect 0.04% of our ocean. 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