This is a video showing a bottom-trawler (dragger) clear-cutting the ocean floor. The U.K., the U.S., Australia and many other countries are asking the world to listen to scientists and support a temporary U.N. moratorium on bottom-trawling in international waters. A moratorium would give scientists time to find seamounts, deep-sea corals, and other fragile fish habitats before they are destroyed by bottom-trawling. Also, because it can take years to put fishing regulations in place, a moratorium is needed to protect these habitats before they are destroyed. Although many countries support a moratorium, Canada's Conservative government and Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn (Min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca) have said that Canada will not join the world in supporting a moratorium. Without Canada's support, a moratorium will likely be defeated at the U.N. in December 2006. You can see Canadians supporting a moratorium at www.deepseas.blogspot.com and you can learn more about the issue at www.savethehighseas.org

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