Show threadPetrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ2d ago
@digyoursoul Ireland please copy
#BottomTrawling #ProtectOurFish #seabed
DragofixMay 17

European bottom trawling costs billions every year in climate impacts, study finds https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/european-bottom-trawling-costs-billions-every-year-in-climate-impacts-study-finds/

Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/seabed-life-triples-after-bottom-trawling-ban-in-scotland-protected-area/

#Europe #Scotland #environment #seabed #BottomTrawling #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

European bottom trawling costs billions every year in climate impacts, study finds

Europe’s fishing industry makes around 180 million euros ($210 million) every year in profits from bottom trawling, which involves dragging heavy fishing gear along seabeds. But a new study found when climate costs associated with the practice are calculated, society is paying a price up to 90 times higher than the fishing industry profits. “Bottom […]

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GeriAQuinMay 16

#BottomTrawling #environment #Ocean #habitat

Bottom trawling is widespread and problematic. Gears operate by dragging large weighted nets across the ocean floor (some as wide as a 45-storey building is tall), sweeping up most of the life they encounter along the way and destroying habitat.

https://theconversation.com/bottom-trawling-is-scraping-oceans-of-wildlife-280780

Bottom trawling is scraping oceans of wildlife

Bottom trawling operates by dragging large, weighted nets across the ocean floor, sweeping up most of the life they encounter along the way and destroying habitats.

The Conversation
Nick Young May 16

This powerful short video exposes the terrible harm bottom trawling does to the ocean.

Chip in now to get it shown on TV to increase awareness and drive the campaign to Ban Bottom Trawling: https://action.greenpeace.org.nz/appeal/may-drtv-sg-eappeal/?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz

#NewZealand #nzpol #fishing #bottomtrawling #deepsealife #coral

Show threadAquaClaireApr 29

@mongabay Fascinating!
& I love this octopus image
"A brooding mother octopus shelters her eggs behind corals. Image by Schmidt Ocean Institute (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)".
Joining the call for protection from trawling, mining, pollution...

#DeepSea #coral #sealife #BottomTrawling

DragofixApr 27

Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/study-finds-bottom-trawling-nets-3000-marine-fish-species-including-threatened-ones/

#environment #marine #marinelife #fish #species #BottomTrawling #BanBottomTrawling

Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones

How many marine fish species do bottom trawls catch? Researchers now have a list, and it’s long, running to some 3,000 species, according to a recent study. Bottom trawling is a commercially popular, and controversial, fishing method in which boats drag weighted nets along the seafloor. Usually they target commercially valuable marine life at the […]

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AquaClaireMar 24

Catches a fraction of historic levels.
Fish not growing to maturity.
Beloved species vanishing.

#BottomTrawling >45% of landings.
Habitat Destruction, reef degradation, pollution, overfishing.

Clear analysis by a Director-General of #Fisheries:
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/03/24/iconic-fish-species-slip-into-rarity 🧵 1/2

#FoodSecurity #Malaysia #sealife

Iconic fish species slip into rarity

PETALING JAYA: Several iconic fish species are now slipping quietly into rarity, their disappearance reflecting a deeper crisis unfolding beneath the country's waters, says the Fisheries Department.

The Star
Show threadAquaClaireMar 17

@greenpeace Splendid investigation, extraordinary findings, terrific video. Supporting your call for a permanent sanctuary & no-take zone!

#Sealife #BottomTrawling #DeepSea #NZ #fisheries #MarineProtectedArea #NoTakeZone #biodiversity #seamount #ocean

AquaClaireMar 3

@pezmico Thanks! To summarise:

Videos analysed show 350 different corals and sponges, some >100 years old, on the sea plateau Lord Howe Rise. Deep-sea corals create habitats for thousands of other species. Vulnerable marine ecosystems should be comprehensively protected.
Ban #BottomTrawling!

#NZ #DeepSea #fisheries #biodiversity #ocean #Greenpeace

Nick Young Feb 15

SO embarrassing for New Zealand.

Luxon is facing international backlash over his government's proposal to allow bottom trawlers to destroy more deep-sea corals in international waters without consequence.

https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360948971/nz-under-fire-move-weaken-deep-sea-coral-protection

#bottomtrawling #ocean #NZPol #newzealand

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