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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 indiscriminately. Yet it remains common in marine protected areas around Europe, including in some sections of Dogger Bank, a massive sandbank that experts consider the ecological heart of the North Sea.

By Edward Carver
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/lawsuit-is-latest-push-to-curb-bottom-trawling-in-protected-european-waters/

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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 indiscriminately. Yet it remains common in marine protected areas around Europe, including in some sections of Dogger Bank, a massive sandbank that experts consider the ecological heart of […]

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Feb 13 at 2:13pmWeb
Show threadClaire BarnesFeb 14

@mongabay Excellent article on the lack of protection in some 'Marine Protected Areas'.

For more info on why we really must End Bottom Trawling, see https://projectseahorse.org/limiting-fisheries/endbottomtrawling/

- from @projectseahorse (see also their #ValentinesDay special ❤️❤️)

End #BottomTrawling
#SaveOurSeas 🐟 🐙

end bottom trawling

End bottom trawling - the waste of life is a disaster.

Project Seahorse
Show threadnadbFeb 14

@mongabay «Le chalutage de fond, une technique de pêche dans laquelle les navires traînent des filets lestés sur les fonds marins, est depuis longtemps condamné par les défenseurs de l'environnement parce qu'il perturbe l'habitat des fonds marins et capture des espèces sans discernement. Pourtant, cette pratique reste courante dans les zones marines protégées d'Europe, y compris dans certaines parties du Dogger Bank, un immense banc de sable que les experts considèrent comme le cœur écologique de la mer du Nord.»

Par Edward Carver