{"id":52405,"date":"2022-06-29T17:25:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T05:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=52405"},"modified":"2024-07-12T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T23:14:08","slug":"greenpeace-calls-out-david-parkers-hollow-words-at-global-oceans-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-calls-out-david-parkers-hollow-words-at-global-oceans-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Greenpeace calls out David Parker\u2019s \u201chollow words\u201d at global oceans meeting<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace is calling on Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker to back up his words with action this week, as he attends the United Nations Oceans Conference in Lisbon.<\/p>\n\n<p>At the Conference, which focuses on ocean protection, Minister Parker spoke of New Zealand\u2019s commitments to \u201cbiodiversity protection overall\u201d. Greenpeace says this rings hollow in light of the Government\u2019s inaction on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/what-is-bottom-trawling-and-why-is-it-bad-for-the-environment\/\">bottom trawling<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere is overwhelming evidence that shows bottom trawling destroys ocean biodiversity &#8211; especially on seamounts where rare, slow-growing corals form, and where fish like orange roughy breed,\u201d says Greenpeace Aotearoa oceans campaigner, Ellie Hooper.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIf this Government wants to protect biodiversity as they claim, they should protect New Zealand\u2019s seamounts from being bulldozed by bottom trawlers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>New information released in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpi.govt.nz\/dmsdocument\/51736-Fisheries-Assessment-Plenary-May-2022-Stock-Assessments-and-Stock-Status-Volume-2-Horse-Mussel-to-Red-Crab\">plenary report from the Ministry for Primary Industries<\/a> raises yet another red flag as to why bottom trawling seamounts is unsustainable. Orange roughy, a key species bottom trawled on seamounts in New Zealand, has been found to reach full maturity at around 80 years of age &#8211; far later than the previously assumed spawning age of around 30 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>This means the size of the spawning population may have been grossly overestimated and the information used to set catch limits and sustainability status therefore incorrect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The report also found that key spawning grounds of orange roughy on seamounts are now missing. Including on the East Coast of the North Island, and on the Chatham Rise.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe commercial fishing industry is bottom trawling seamounts, targeting these fish as they spawn, and in the process destroying that breeding ground for future use. It\u2019s pretty obvious that these things combined are going to push that species towards collapse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThese fish are so slow growing and take so long to reach full breeding maturity, they don\u2019t have time to recover their numbers before the next bottom trawling onslaught.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace is calling for the Government to urgently close seamounts to bottom trawling, to protect the unique biodiversity found there and fish populations. Over 70,000 New Zealanders have signed petitions calling for this and 80% of people polled agreed they want an end to bottom trawling.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAs the only country left bottom trawling seamounts in the South Pacific, the New Zealand Government cannot, in good faith, pretend that we are leaders in ocean sustainability. We absolutely can be &#8211; but&nbsp; it means putting some action behind those words about protecting our blue backyard.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe science and public opinion on this issue is clear &#8211; we need to close seamounts to bottom trawling, to protect fish populations and biodiversity for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-5430 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/act\/ban-bottom-trawling-on-seamounts\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/06\/c29372db-gp01g13-1024x718.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/06\/c29372db-gp01g13-600x421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/06\/c29372db-gp01g13-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/06\/c29372db-gp01g13-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/06\/c29372db-gp01g13-485x340.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/06\/c29372db-gp01g13.jpg 1200w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Orange Roughy caught on Trawler\" title=\"Orange Roughy caught on Trawler\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/act\/ban-bottom-trawling-on-seamounts\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBan Bottom Trawling on Seamounts\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">At home and far out to sea, our oceans are being plundered for profit by the fishing industry through bottom trawling. 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