“Small Victories Win Big Wars”
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By , on June 28th, 2012 Leave a comment   Conservation & Environment, Fishing, Industry & Government, Opinion & Editorial   , , , , ,  

The post title was exclaimed by French oceanographer Philippe Cury upon hearing the news that a tiny non-profit organization won a major battle with a large multinational corporation. Despite the backdrop of the overwhelming disappointment surrounding Rio+20, French deep-sea biologist extraordinaire Claire Nouvian and her small nonprofit BLOOM (who have an adorable logo!) made huge . . . → Read More: “Small Victories Win Big Wars”

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From the Editor’s Desk: Benefits of Bottom Trawling and Other Assorted Fairy Tales
From the Editor’s Desk: Benefits of Bottom Trawling and Other Assorted Fairy Tales avatar

By , on December 7th, 2010 9 comments   Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Fishing   , , , , , ,  

Apparently there is a study underway that is setting out to empirically determine the ole adage that trawling is bad for the environment, as reported by New Scientist (link to pdf). This is a tale that has been handed down orally from generation to generation of conservationists. Sometimes when a story is repeated many times, . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Benefits of Bottom Trawling and Other Assorted Fairy Tales

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Deep sea fishing is ‘oceanocide’
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By , on September 15th, 2010 4 comments   Conservation & Environment, Fish, Fishing, Industry & Government   , , , , ,  

Claire Nouvian, author of The Deep, provides a blunt and passionate discussion of why deep-sea fishing is very, very bad over at CNN. In blatant ignorance of science and oblivious to common sense, bottom trawling — or “bulldozing,” as it should be called — goes on with the complicity of our governments and our own . . . → Read More: Deep sea fishing is ‘oceanocide’

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Protection For Deep-Water Corals Close
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By , on September 21st, 2009 Leave a comment   Conservation & Environment, Coral, Organisms   , , , , , , , , ,  

From the wire… A vast stretch of deepsea coral reefs in the south Atlantic passed a key step toward full federal protection as a special habitat where destructive fishing trawls are prohibited. The deepwater coral reefs, spanning 23,000 square miles from the North Carolina down to the Florida coast, are a relatively pristine habitat, rich . . . → Read More: Protection For Deep-Water Corals Close

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