Bottom Trawling Destroys the Seabed and Must End Now

Lets examine the reasons why bottom trawling destroys the seabed and must end. Ill start with this report from New Scientist – Bottom Trawling.

This article jumped out at me last night. I now won’t be eating fish caught by bottom trawling. My overarching concern about trawling is the utter destruction – trawling destroys the seabed, so similar to burning down the rainforest. Now this, no surprise here:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412752-seabed-trawling-found-to-be-a-major-source-of-global-co2-emissions/

So What are the 3 Reasons why Bottom Trawling Destroys the Seabed and Must End?

First of all – sheer bloody destruction. Bottom trawling destroys the seabed tearing up corals, anenomes, sea grass, kelp and anything growing in its path.

Secondly it stirs up sediment on the sea floor. This releases huge amounts of methane and carbon dioxide. Carbon is sequestered in sediment on the sea bed.

Lastly it doesn’t just kill the fish we take to eat. It also kills crustaceans, by catch, immature fish and molluscs. This is why the gulls follow trawlers.

and whilst on the subject of boats I won’t ever be on a cruise either

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412752-seabed-trawling-found-to-be-a-major-source-of-global-co2-emissions/

And then today, 3rd June 2024 we learn that Scampi isn’t what we think it is and it certainly isn’t fished in a sustainable manner https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wwrzv2ryjo

3 Unquestionable Reasons Why Trawling is Bad – see this article on trawling and the EU

NEWSFLASH 24/09/24 – Protected areas in Scotland still at risk

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