BUBBLEGUM 3 MARQUETTE

copper and bronze

500mm H x  210mm W x 145mm D

$2,400

new zealand is one of only seven countries that still allow the practice of bottom trawling by commercial fishing companies, here and in international waters.   despite targeting only a few species that are then mostly exported to china and the united states, this indiscriminate process is having huge effects on our biodiversity.   some of the many victims are our deep-sea coral forests.   often taking centuries to form, these aquatic nurseries provide a home to thousands of other species and are described as our kauri forest of the seas.   bubblegum coral is the largest seafloor invertebrate in the world.   chris hopes to bring awareness to what is happening to our underwater forests.