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Will new bottom trawling rules do enough to protect South Pacific seamounts?

Summary by Ground News
The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) changed its rules around bottom trawling in February. The new rules mandate the protection of at least 70% of species that indicate the presence of so-called vulnerable marine ecosystems. But conservationists have decried the new rules, calling them less protective than the current policy.

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