Save the Deep Sea

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) is an alliance of over 70 international organizations working to promote the conservation of deep sea biodiversity. More information can be found on our website.

Friday, 16 September 2011

Taking the Message to the United Nations

Today concluded a two-day UN General Assembly Workshop on high seas bottom fishing to address impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems and th...

Scientists Call for End to Deep-sea Fishing

A new paper in Marine Policy journal explains that deep-sea fishing should be banned because it has sequentially depleted areas of high pr...

Thursday, 15 September 2011

An Inconvenient Truth for the Oceans

Editor's Note: This post is written by guest blogger Sebastian Losada, Senior Policy Advisor with Greenpeace International, focused on ...

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

The Impact of Deep-Sea Fisheries and Implementation of UN Resolutions: A Report of an International Scientific Workshop

This week marks the official release of a report from an international scientific workshop held in Lisbon in May 2011 (PDF here ). The wo...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Put the brakes on deep-sea fishing

(Amplify'd from the Washington Pos t) Deep below the ocean surface lies a cold, hostile environment where the light of day cannot pene...

Deep Trouble for the Deep Sea

The Pew Environment Group, an active member of the DSCC, has just released this new video featuring spectacular images and a most important ...

Closed Areas Do Work

FishNewsEU reports that Australia’s eastern stock of Orange Roughy is rebuilding well. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Researc...

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