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The assessment explicitly exposes the devastating footprint of commercial fishing

UN report highlights vital role of the deep sea and the devastation of bottom trawling on seamounts

WORLDWIDE
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 05:00 (GMT + 9)

Released on World Ocean Day, the United Nations’ Third World Ocean Assessment paints a stark picture of a deep ocean vital to planetary survival but under siege from industrial pressure and the impacts of the climate crisis.

The assessment explicitly exposes the devastating footprint of commercial fishing, identifying bottom trawling as “the most significant human activity on continental margins and in canyons.” The UN warns that the practice leads to the permanent "unsealed disappearance" of the natural seafloor, a finding that builds upon the Second World Ocean Assessment, which previously named bottom trawling the “greatest current threat to seamount ecosystems.” Yet, despite these findings, the report highlights that the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) stands alone as the sole regional fisheries management organization to have prohibited bottom-contact fishing on seamounts across its regulatory area.

Bronwen Golder, DSCC Global Seamounts Campaign Director, emphasized that science must finally dictate policy: “The reality is that we are discovering more about these ecosystems every day, and with every piece of new knowledge we gain, the case against bottom trawling on seamounts becomes more damning. Governments must now commit to phasing out bottom trawling on seamounts - a destructive, antiquated practice that has no place in our ocean in 2026.”

Seamounts are biodiversity hotspots in our ocean, towering underwater mountains supporting ancient corals, sponges, and unique marine species found nowhere else on Earth. An upcoming UN review of high-seas bottom fisheries presents an urgent, unmissable opportunity for governments to take action to protect these vital ocean lifelines. The DSCC is urging governments to use this moment to lock in a binding deadline to protect seamounts and transition away from bottom trawling on seamounts and other vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems by the end of 2027.

DSCC Executive Director, Sian Owen, commented: “This new report confirms that the deep ocean is an essential life-support system for our planet, yet remains a major knowledge gap. Erasing ancient, vulnerable ecosystems that sustain the health of our global ocean before we’ve even had the chance to explore them would represent a catastrophic failure of global governance. We can do better.”


🇯🇵 日本語翻訳

国連の報告書、深海の極めて重要な役割と海山における底引き網漁の壊滅的な影響を強調

世界海洋デーに発表された国際連合第3次世界海洋アセスメントは、地球の生存に不可欠でありながら、産業の圧力や気候危機の衝撃により包囲網にさらされている深海の厳しい現状を浮き彫りにしている。

このアセスメントは、商業漁業の壊滅的な足跡を明確に暴露しており、底引き網漁を「大陸縁辺部および海谷における最も重大な人類活動」であると特定している。国連は、この慣行が自然の海底の永久的な「回復不能な消失」につながると警告しており、これは底引き網漁を「海山生態系に対する現在の最大の脅威」と以前に指定した第2次世界海洋アセスメントの知見をさらに強化するものである。しかし、これらの知見にもかかわらず、同報告書は、北西大西洋漁業機関(NAFO)が、その規制区域全体の海山における底接触漁業を禁止した唯一の地域漁業管理機関として孤立していることを強調している。

DSCCグローバル海山キャンペーンディレクターであるブロンウェン・ゴルダー(Bronwen Golder)は、科学が最終的に政策を決定しなければならないと強調した。「現実には、私たちはこれらの生態系について日々多くのことを発見しており、新しい知識を得るたびに、海山における底引き網漁に対する非難の根拠はより決定的なものとなっています。政府は今、海山における底引き網漁(2026年の私たちの海洋において存在する余地のない、破壊的で時代遅れの慣行)を段階的に廃止することを確約しなければなりません。」

海山は私たちの海洋における生物多様性のホットスポットであり、古代のサンゴや海綿動物、そして地球上の他の場所には存在しない独自の魚介類・水産物(marine species)を育む、そびえ立つ海底の山々である。間もなく行われる国連の公海底引き網漁業に関するレビューは、政府がこれらの極めて重要な海洋の生命線を保護するために行動を起こす、緊急かつ見逃せない機会を提供する。DSCCは政府に対し、この瞬間を利用して海山を保護するための拘束力のある期限を確定し、2027年末までに海山やその他の脆弱な深海生態系における底引き網漁からの転換を図るよう促している。

DSCCエグゼクティブディレクターであるシアン・オーウェン(Sian Owen)は次のようにコメントした。「この新しい報告書は、深海が私たちの惑星にとって不可欠な生命維持システムであることを裏付けていますが、依然として主要な知識の空白地帯となっています。私たちがそれらを探査する機会さえ得る前に、地球規模の海洋の健康を支える古代の脆弱な生態系を消し去ることは、グローバル・ガバナンスの壊滅的な失敗を意味することになります。私たちはもっとうまくやれるはずです。」


🇨🇳 简体中文翻译

联合国報告指出深海的关键作用及底拖网捕捞对海山的毁灭性打击

世界海洋日发布的联合国第三次世界海洋评估中,描绘了一幅令人揪心的画面:深海对地球的生存至关重要,但正处于工业压力和气候危机影响的重重包围之中。

该评估明确揭露了商业捕捞的毁灭性足迹,将底拖网捕捞确认为“大陆边缘和峡谷中最显著的人类活动”联合国警告称,这种做法会导致自然海底永久性的“无法恢复的消失”,这一发现进一步证实了第二次世界海洋评估的结论,该评估此前曾将底拖网捕捞称为“当前对海山生态系统的最大威胁”。然而,尽管有这些发现,报告强调,西北大西洋渔业组织(NAFO)仍然是唯一在其管辖区域内全面禁止在海山进行底部接触式捕捞的区域渔业管理组织。

DSCC全球海山运动负责人布朗温·高尔德(Bronwen Golder)强调,科学最终必须主导政策:“现实情况是,我们每天都在对这些生态系统有更多的发现,而我们每获得一份新的认知,反对在海山上进行底拖网捕捞的证据就越发确凿。各国政府现在必须承诺逐步淘汰海山底拖网捕捞——这是一种具有破坏性且陈旧过时的做法,在2026年的海洋中不应该有其立足之地。”

海山是海洋中的生物多样性热点,是养育着古老珊瑚、海绵以及地球上其他任何地方都找不到的独特海鲜与水产品(marine species)的雄伟水下山脉。即将举行的联合国公海底部渔业审查为各国政府采取行动保护这些至关重要的海洋生命线提供了一个紧迫且不可错失 text 的机会。DSCC正敦促各国政府利用这一时机锁定一项具有约束力的期限以保护海山,并在2027年底之前逐步淘汰海山及其他脆弱深海生态系统的底拖网捕捞。

DSCC执行董事西安·欧文(Sian Owen)评论道:“这份新报告证实了深海是地球必不可少的生命支持系统,但目前仍是一个主要的认知空白。在人类甚至还没有机会去探索之前,就抹去维持全球海洋健康的古老而脆弱的生态系统,这将代表着全球治理的灾难性 failure。我们可以做得更好。”

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