Minister of Oceans & Fisheries David Parker, Green Party Leader Marama Davidson, and Green MP Eugenie Sage receive a petition to Ban Bottom Trawling on Seamounts outside Parliament in Wellington.

The petition, filed on behalf of Greenpeace NZ, DSCC, Forest & Bird, WWF NZ, ECO, Legasea and Our Seas, Our Future, was signed by 50,000 people, calling for the Government to Ban Bottom Trawling on Seamounts.