Greenpeace blames Iceland for blocking high-seas bottom trawling moratorium
According to a Greenpeace release, UN negotiations to adopt a moratorium on high-seas bottom trawling were torpedoed last week, as a small number of influential fishing nations led by Iceland put the interests of their fishing fleets above other countries, the consensus of the marine scientific community and conservationists.
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