Slideshow: A Plan to Torpedo the Trawlers

credit Courtesy of Jan Helge Fossaa, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
Deep-sea trawlers left these marks on the Lophelia Reef in Norway.

credit Courtesy of NOAA and MBARI
Elusive fish called blob sculpin are very large and flabby, with naked skin and large pectoral fins.

credit Courtesy of NOAA and MBARI
A crab clambers on a sponge at the Davidson Seamount off the coast of California.

credit Courtesy of Greenpeace
The heavy metal rollers sitting on the deck weigh down the bottom lip of the trawl net. The rollers crush coral and other life on seamounts and the deep-sea floor.

credit Courtesy of National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
"Off the coast of California, a mollusk lives on the Davidson Seamount. "

credit Courtesy of National Marine Fisheries Service
"This coral garden off Adak Island in the Aleutians contains sea fans, sponges and a basket star. "

credit Courtesy of National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
"This flytrap anemone lives on the Davidson Seamount, in the Pacific Ocean. "