Bottom trawling: world watches EU, Canada, South Korea and Russia

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Over the next week governments from all over the world will have an opportunity to declare a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling, or send us towards a future where seafood is gone by 2048. A moratorium would legislate the largest amount of habitat protection in human history, covering an estimated 67 million square miles of ocean, an area larger than all of the world's continents combined. Currently, an area equivalent to 148 soccer fields is being wiped out every minute! The EU (under the influence of Spain) and Canada are opposed to the moratorium. [+]

On YouTube you can see an hilarious animation on support of this campaign. [Link]