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Current conservation status

Norway > UK > Ireland > Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands > Canada > USA > Australia > New Zealand

Location of New Zealand © A. Davies (2005).

The Ministry of Fisheries for New Zealand banned bottom trawling and dredging on 19 seamount's with the NZ EEZ, including the Chatham Rise, sub-antarctic waters and the east and west coasts of the northern part of North Island.

This protection has been put into place as a precautionary measure, especially since scientists found seamounts in the South Tasman Sea has been so heavily fished that only an estimated 3-4% of coral cover remained.