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I am not anti-trawling in every case. There are places where we can do it.

But bottom trawling over sensitive habitat, or in the habitats of threatened species, is enormously destructive and should not be allowed.

And MPAs should ban it. 🦑🧪🌎🐠

news.mongabay.com/2025/02/laws...
Lawsuit is latest push to curb bottom trawling in protected European waters
Bottom trawling, a fishing technique in which vessels drag weighted nets along the seafloor, has long been condemned by conservationists for disrupting seabed habitat and capturing species indiscrimin...
news.mongabay.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM