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"An EU action plan to deal with fishing practices that trawl the ocean floor is
set to trigger a row between conservationists and a new industry alliance that
says it is fighting for Europe’s culture and identity.
About 32% of Europe’s fish are caught by industrial fishing vessels that rake
the sea floor with enormous nets in a process called bottom trawling. Studies
indicate that these nets can suck up to 41% of all invertebrate life from the
sea floor and cause grave damage to marine environments such as cold water
coral reefs and seagrass beds.
Bottom-trawling is already banned by the EU at depths of more than 800 metres
but the European Commission has promised to implement whatever restrictions it
deems necessary to further limit the practice, which it called “the most
damaging activity to the seabed”. A delayed package of recommendations and
announcements now expected in the spring could include a ban on bottom-trawling
in marine protected areas (MPAs)."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "not content with destroying seafloors in the past,
they want to continue out of greed and selfishness…"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
