Publication - February 1, 2006
This report presents some of the available data, exposing management and ownership links to Europe for 18 vessels in more detail. It stands to reason that from this information, one could verify which companies and/or countries are principally responsible for the damage caused by bottom trawlers to deep-sea biodiversity in the North Atlantic.
Author: Greenpeace International
Executive summary: Deep-sea bottom trawling is one of the most damaging forms of fishing practised today. Bottom trawling outside the 200 nautical mile limit of countries’ Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) is carried out by relatively few vessels flagged to a small number of OECD countries. The high seas bottom trawl industry is causing a disproportionately high level of destruction of deep-sea life relative to the few economic beneficiaries.
Num. pages: 32
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