There is ample and growing evidence of the harm causes in the ocean. Primarily to biodiversity but also to the oceans capacity to regulate climate. It is absolutely indefensible to continue this destructive, reckless practice in the middle of an ecological crisis. 馃寠

"Bottom trawling is a fishing practice that is notoriously destructive to seafloor ecosystems. Now there鈥檚 growing evidence that it might unleash planet-warming carbon"

A Controversial Fishing Method May Dredge Up a Climate Time Bomb
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