Protect Reefs from Harmful Fishing in Canada

  • da: Animal Advocates
  • destinatario: Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, The Honourable Keith Ashfield, P.C., M.P.
British Columbia's giant glass sponge reefs in Hecate Strait are considered one of the greatest wonders in Canada's oceans, but if the Canadian government doesn’t change plans for managing the area around them, the reefs could be seriously degraded from bottem trawling fishing. 50% of the reefs have already been destroyed by bottom trawling.

Sediment from bottom trawling could be transported onto the sponge reefs and suffocate them, caused by the rise and shift of sediments that clog and smothers the sponges. Glass sponge reefs are living organisms that pump water through their bodies in order to breathe and feed. They also shelter other endangered species like rockfish.

Thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs, these reefs are a living “Jurassic Park Submerged".  In 2010, the federal government declared the reefs as an “Area of Interest” for a new marine protected area (MPA).

Tell the Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to ban bottom trawling in the area surrounding the proposed Marine Protected Area and
 protect the world's only sizeable glass sponge reefs.

Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
The Honourable Keith Ashfield, P.C., M.P.
Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-1067
Fax: 613-996-9955
Department:

Fisheries and Oceans

Centennial Towers
200 Kent Street
Mail Stop: 15N
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E6

Telephone:
613-992-3474
Fax: 613-947-7081
E-Mail: Min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

British Columbia's giant glass sponge reefs in Hecate Strait are considered one of the greatest wonders in Canada's oceans, but if the Canadian government doesn’t change plans for managing the area around them, the reefs could be seriously degraded from bottem trawling fishing. 50% of the reefs have already been destroyed by bottom trawling.

Sediment from bottom trawling could be transported onto the sponge reefs and suffocate them, caused by the rise and shift of sediments that clog and smothers the sponges. Glass sponge reefs are living organisms that pump water through their bodies in order to breathe and feed. They also shelter other endangered species like rockfish.

Thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs, these reefs are a living “Jurassic Park Submerged".  In 2010, the federal government declared the reefs as an “Area of Interest” for a new marine protected area (MPA).

Tell the Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to ban bottom trawling in the area surrounding the proposed Marine Protected Area and
 protect the world's only sizeable glass sponge reefs.

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