[News]: Deep Sea Life Also Needs Protection

[tonmo]

TONMO.com staff member Dr. Steve O'Shea has written the following article for the New Zealand Herald, regarding the dangers facing life in New Zealand's waters, including octopus and squid.

Deep sea life also needs protection

This is pertinent to several ongoing discussions on our Message Board, including the following:

Hate mail for like-minded conservationists

 

[Steve O'Shea]

....looks like an archival pic to me (must grow the full beard again; give me something to hide behind when the fishing industry starts throwing eggs ).

 

[tonmo]

More coverage of this can be found in the article below, along with quotes from Deep New Zealand author Peter Batson.

Trawlers blamed for plight of underwater 'rainforest'