Ray Hilborn, Ulrike Hilborn
Abstract
How do trawls and dredges work and why are they still used to catch fish? “Enormous bottom trawl nets are dragged along the sea floor, catching all marine life and killing all habitats—they swallow and destroy everything in their path.” This is how an environmental...
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How do trawls and dredges work and why are they still used to catch fish? “Enormous bottom trawl nets are dragged along the sea floor, catching all marine life and killing all habitats—they swallow and destroy everything in their path.” This is how an environmental...
Key concepts: Trawling, Dredging, Fishery, Bottom trawling, Marine ecosystem, Habitat, Fish <Actinopterygii>, Marine life