Right now, the New Zealand bottom trawling fleet is setting out for yet another season of destruction. Each year, out of sight, the NZ fishing fleet go on the hunt for orange roughy using one of the most destructive forms of fishing ever devised. They have to be stopped, and one of the first things we need to do is make people aware of what’s really going on out there. So we made this video, starring Minister Shane Jones and a notorious bottom trawler from the Talley’s fleet. You have to see it, and please share it:
https://www.facebook.com/greenpeace.nz/videos/381178232748924/
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At home and far out to sea, our oceans are being plundered for profit by the fishing industry through bottom trawling. But what is bottom trawling and why is it so destructive to ocean habitats?