good new that bottowm trawling is banned in NZ !!

here in hawaii we have no trawling or commercial net (purse seigning) fishing. everything is done with "longlines" and these are vastly superior to nets for the sake of not harming cetaceans or turtles. i work in the noaa gov't office that makes the fishing regulations, and we have been extremely successful in limiting dolphin/whale interactions from fishing operations. in fact, our current biggest problem is tour boats and people trying to get too close to pods nearshore. that, and the military's insistence on using ultra-low frequency sonar.

aloha,
eric