"At the same conference, the European Union called for a global moratorium on deep-sea trawling, labeling the random fishing practice harmful to the biodiversity of oceans."

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-03-28-kiribati-protect_x.htm

Great news! The trick will be enforcing it. That much open water would be hard to police. The EU is to be commended too. Does anyone know where most of the bottom trawling ships come rom? Are the companies that operate them world wide?

Truly marvelous!