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A picture supplied by Greenpeace of coral being pulled up by a trawler. Photo: Greenpeace
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New Zealand's bid to increase the amount of orange roughy commercial fishers can catch has hit a snag. It's been revealed one of NZ's deep sea trawlers has accidentally destroyed a large amount of coral and sea sponges, forcing the temporary closure of one area to fishing. The revelation came this week at the international South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation meeting of fishing nations.

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