Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Bottom trawlers do huge damage to life on undersea mountains. Could an end finally be in sight?

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par Elin Angharad Thomas, Adjunct Research Fellow & Communications Manager, Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, The University of Western Australia

Tens of thousands of underwater mountains dot the ocean floor around the world. A few break the surface, such as the Hawaiian island chain. The rest are seamounts, peaks and pinnacles rising from the deep seafloor. Some lie just a few metres below the surface, while others rest deeper.

For many creatures, a seamount is an oasis…

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