According to non-governmental organizations - including Bloom, Greenpeace, WWF or the Good Planet Foundation- Ifremer's data in relation to deep-sea fishing shows that the environmental damage of the Trawling They are very important.
The tons landed by the High fishing they represent only 1% of French fishing. In 2012, only 12 trawlers French they frequented depths greater than 600 m more than 10% of their time. And only 10 vessels were assigned more than 800m, more than 10% of their time. «The number of vessels that have a trawling activity background in deep water is low, "concludes the report Ifremer, cited by NGOs.
They argue that posición French official, presented in Brussels by the Secretary of State for Transport, the sea and fisheries, Frédéric Cuvillier, opposes the data presented by ifremer. «A possible prohibition of certain fishing gear indiscriminately, would have very serious consecuencias socioeconomic and it would not be acceptable, "says Cuvillier.