December 06, 2004
12/7 - Tick, Tick, Tick: The clock is ticking on bottom trawling
It has taken a while to develop, but clearly a worldwide trend has begun to materialize of opposition to bottom trawling. A major factor in this has clearly been SB partner group Oceana. Last spring when I was organizing our Hollywood Ocean Night one of the seafood suppliers from Alaska refused to join in because they noticed Oceana is a partner group, and said they their protests against trawling in Alaska had caused them problems.
Last month the U.N. came out with a major statement against bottom trawling which was applauded by some groups, but criticized by other for not going far enough. At least its a start.
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