New footage revealed by Florida State University researchers reveals catastrophic damage across the Emperor Seamounts, where bottom trawling equipment had scraped ancient coral formations. Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior expedition documented 84 shark deaths within 25 hours—approximately three sharks every hour—while observing longline operations. The Emperor Seamount chain spans 80 underwater mountains, where cold-water corals, deep-sea sponges, and diverse marine communities face destruction from standard rockhopper fishing gear dragging 53-cm-diameter rubber discs across the seafloor. Bottom trawling using steel bobbins can crush benthic habitats.  Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor, Professor at Florida State University’s Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Department, explains: “The deep oceans … Continue reading Florida State University Reveals 84 Sharks Dead in 25 Hours as Industrial Fishing Ravages 80 Emperor Seamounts