The destructiveness of bottom trawling

[@davidschick7269]

6 metre wide net is industry standard

[@jorgehumbertofelixtrias2364]

Kiero en español paentenderle

[@bobafett5496]

Well said. Trawling needs to be banned world wide.

[@rarzia4719]

hi grandad miss u

[@LegaSeaNZ]

We're sure he misses you too.

[@captainwull]

I have to say, the presenters on this video are talking absolute trash. For starters, a net that you can fly a 747 into, yes those nets do exist but they are not nets that scrape along the seabed, they are midwater trawls for catching pelagic species like herring and Mackerel. In our country (Scotland) these vessels are strictly monitored and regulated. Most are tied up in port 8-9 months of the year The Seafloor taking 7 years to recover.... I was the skipper of a fishing vessel for over 30 years. my Father and Grandfather were skippers before me, in fact our family has a documented history of fishing that goes back 700 years. For around 600 of those year's we have fished the same areas of the North Sea. We go back and fish the same fishing grounds week in and week out. If fishing is so bad for the Seabed why are we still catching fish there?

[@fojler]

People need to eat more plant based, especially in countries where we can. Small fishing communities shouldn't be destroyed by corporations. Over 80% of all soy produced globally is used to feed 70 Billion land living vertebrates A YEAR, for our consumption. There is enough food for all if we just focus on the right issues. Our seas are dying at an alarming rate and if we don't change our ways we're all going to suffer the consequences. Companies need to figure out how to make money without destroying our planet.

[@thomasbailey7872]

this is so so sad :((

[@Butterfly-1028]

Why is this mass murder of life and nature even allowed ???

[@captainwull]

If you drive a car you are committing mass murder on a daily basis too by killing insects birds etc. at least the fishermen are producing food for the worlds population

[@davidschick7269]

747? Nope

[@dalethorogood]

I have been working on trawlers foe the last 37 years and i have never herd or seen such absolute rubish.

[@craigspotswood818]

No disrespect meant here but the info in your comment is not sufficient to give any confirmation of your statement working on a trawler for any length of time dosent educate one to know how sustainable the type of fishing that trawler does or the area it operates it's no secret our oceans are severely overfished and are in great decline sadly and its not even necessarily by the country that occupies the waters surrounding them in some areas of the globe

[@LegaSeaNZ]

What have you seen then Dale? Feel free to tell us what isn't happening that we spoke about here. Or even better, feel free to take us and our cameras out and we can just see for ourselves.

[@rimjimakter7859]

Champiyn net

[@MrCrabbing]

Trawling is definitely NOT like pouring diesel on a field or as destructive as mining the metals for phone batteries

[@craigspotswood818]

True I agree and even he knows that who mentioned it I believe he's just so passionate about fishing and the sustainability of our oceans that he used such a description but if the fuel used to simulate this didn't poison the ground I'd say it's pretty close if you look at it how he explained it just as example think how long coral takes to grow and those dragnets certainly do do SOME damage

[@MrCrabbing]

@@craigspotswood818 Yes they can do but that depends where you tow them

[@bangtisongooku8706]

Hhhhh