Impacts of Bottom Trawling

 

Bottom trawling is a highly unselective and destructive fishing gear widely used in Europe. According to the European Environment Agency, it is the #1 source of seabed disturbance in coastal areas, which are the most productive and sensitive parts of our ocean.

1/6: THE 7 SINS OF seabed disturbance in coastal area

Impacts of bottom trawling

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2/6: NORTH SEA AND BALTIC COASTS

Coastal habitats mitigate the effects of climate change by storing carbon. Bottom trawling is one of the main pressures leading to coastal habitat decline and exacerbating climate change by destroying their capacity to act as carbon sinks.

Impacts of bottom trawling

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3/6: MEDITERRANEAN SEA COASTS

Impacts of bottom trawling

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4/6: THE UNITED KINGDOM COASTS

Impacts of bottom trawling in the United Kingdom coasts

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5/6: AMPLIFICATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE

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6/6: CLOSING VAST AREAS TO TRAWLING: MINIMAL COSTS, MAXIMUM BENEFITS

impacts on the European seabed

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