{"id":60554,"date":"2023-07-25T11:04:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T23:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=60554"},"modified":"2024-07-12T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T22:04:08","slug":"bottom-trawling-ban-needed-to-save-plummeting-fish-populations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/bottom-trawling-ban-needed-to-save-plummeting-fish-populations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottom trawling ban needed to save plummeting fish populations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New information showing plummeting numbers of orange roughy on seamounts and other features demonstrates why bottom trawling must be banned from these biodiverse areas, say Greenpeace and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC).<\/p>\n\n<p>Released while the bottom trawling season is in full swing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpi.govt.nz\/consultations\/review-of-sustainability-measures-for-orange-roughy-orh-3b-2023-october-round\/\">the review from Fisheries New Zealand<\/a> shows there are serious sustainability issues for orange roughy, a deep water fish that can live to over 200 years, and aggregate over seamounts at this time of year to spawn.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa oceans campaigner Ellie Hooper says urgent action must be taken to protect this species and seamount habitats &#8211; which are known biodiversity hotspots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cBottom trawling is one of the most destructive fishing methods there is, and right now, trawlers are out dragging their heavily weighted nets over seamounts &#8211; targeting orange roughy while they spawn and bulldozing the ecosystems that support them in the process.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe results are clear &#8211; the report shows that groups of spawning roughy are disappearing from where they\u2019re usually found and that bottom trawlers are having to work much harder to catch orange roughy &#8211; trawling for longer periods of time while still netting fewer fish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The only seamount in the review with an <em>increasing<\/em> number of orange roughy on it is one that has been closed to bottom trawling since 2001.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAll of this information tells us that orange roughy populations have been decimated by bottom trawling, but that they can recover &#8211;&nbsp; if the Government closes seamounts and features to bottom trawling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The report on orange roughy numbers comes just weeks after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doc.govt.nz\/globalassets\/documents\/conservation\/marine-and-coastal\/marine-conservation-services\/meetings\/2023\/twg-8-jun\/int2021-02-characterisation-of-protected-coral-interactions-draft-final-report.pdf\">Department of Conservation report<\/a> revealed that commercial fishing, predominantly bottom trawling, has reported dragging up almost 200 tonnes of coral over a thirteen-year period. Of that total coral capture, 86% occurred in fisheries management areas that more or less overlap with ORH 3B &#8211; the stock area that is the subject of this review.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe coral that grows on seamounts is often slow growing and extremely fragile, acting as an essential building block for ocean life,\u201d says Hooper.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cOrange roughy aggregate on seamounts while spawning, which is exactly why the fishing industry targets these areas. In doing so, they wipe out the biodiverse habitat and disturb the fish while they are trying to rebuild their numbers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cNobody wants a dead, empty ocean. But to avoid that&nbsp; the government has got to stop caving to industry and put ocean health first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Karli Thomas, campaign co-ordinator at the DSCC, says the orange roughy fishery in the Chatham Rise is a disaster.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere are huge gaps in the data for key parts of this fishery, but the data we do have indicates dire population levels and spawning aggregations disappearing from seamounts that are open to trawling.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cSeamount habitats that orange roughy rely on have been seriously degraded by decades of trawling, with this fishery responsible for the vast majority of coral bycatch over the last 13 years.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cDespite all that, orange roughy is being exported from New Zealand with a so-called \u201cblue tick\u201d of sustainability from the Marine Stewardship Council &#8211; it&#8217;s absolute greenwash.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>Almost 80% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/horizon-poll-reveals-nearly-80-of-nzers-want-bottom-trawling-banned-on-seamounts\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9COur%20new%20poll%20shows%20almost,and%20in%20the%20South%20Pacific.\">people surveyed<\/a> support banning bottom trawling on seamounts, and over 80,000 have signed a petition calling for the same.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Thomas says: \u201cIt is clear that if we want a healthy and thriving ocean and not barren wastelands devoid of life &#8211; then we need bottom trawling gone from seamounts.\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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