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Trawl Fishing Catches Huge Amounts of Seafood. It Also Devastates the Seafloor – WTOP News
A single tow can bring tens of thousands of pounds aboard, but scientists say bottom trawling also destroys corals, sponges and seabed carbon stores.
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Trawl fishing catches huge amounts of seafood. It also devastates the seafloor – WTOP News
Behind a trawl fishing boat, a vast net can spend hours scraping the seafloor, funneling schools of fish toward a narrow bag at the back. A single tow can bring tens of thousands of pounds of seafood aboard. That efficiency is why trawling has become central to some of the world’s largest commercial fisheries. But...
·Chevy Chase, United States
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Trawl fishing catches huge amounts of seafood. It also devastates the seafloor
Behind a trawl fishing boat, a vast net can spend hours scraping the seafloor, funneling schools of fish toward a narrow bag at the back. A single tow can bring tens of thousands of pounds of seafood aboard.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution70% Left
Bias Distribution
- 70% of the sources lean Left
70% Left
L 70%
C 20%
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