#bottomtrawling — Public Fediverse posts

Decades after bottom trawling, Chilean seamounts remain degraded https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/decades-after-bottom-trawling-chilean-seamounts-remain-degraded/

#Chile #sea #environment #BottomTrawling #BanBottomTrawling

Good news

Very heartening to see more evidence of seabed revitalisation off the coast of Arran since scallop dredging was banned. I had not realised that it was Thatcher who lifted the ban on bottom trawling within 3 miles of the shore in 1984. Within 10 years fish stocks had dropped by and estimated 95% Another mess the ghastly woman left us with. But hey ho, she is dead.

https://nbshub.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/casestudy/lamlash-bay-no-take-zone/

#Arran #BottomTrawling #NoCatchZones #Fish #Environment #Thatcher #GoodNews #Scotland

#BottomTrawling is scraping #oceans of wildlife
Gears operate by dragging large weighted nets across the #ocean floor (some as wide as a 45-story building is tall), sweeping up most of the life they encounter along the way and destroying habitat.
Hundreds of thousands of #bottomtrawlers operate all over the world, often dependent on #subsidies, implicated in human rights violations and exacerbating #climatechange.
https://theconversation.com/bottom-trawling-is-scraping-oceans-of-wildlife-280780 #fish #fishing #bycatch

@mschfr
Such a strong point: “A law simply banning bottom trawlers can be changed. Removing all those towers from the water is a lot harder.” 🙂🙏🏻

#Cambodia #bottomTrawling #againstPoliticalMeddling #solutions #fishing #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

@digyoursoul

@digyoursoul Ireland please copy
#BottomTrawling #ProtectOurFish #seabed

European bottom trawling costs billions every year in climate impacts, study finds https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/european-bottom-trawling-costs-billions-every-year-in-climate-impacts-study-finds/

Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/seabed-life-triples-after-bottom-trawling-ban-in-scotland-protected-area/

#Europe #Scotland #environment #seabed #BottomTrawling #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

#BottomTrawling #environment #Ocean #habitat

Bottom trawling is widespread and problematic. Gears operate by dragging large weighted nets across the ocean floor (some as wide as a 45-storey building is tall), sweeping up most of the life they encounter along the way and destroying habitat.

https://theconversation.com/bottom-trawling-is-scraping-oceans-of-wildlife-280780

This powerful short video exposes the terrible harm bottom trawling does to the ocean.

Chip in now to get it shown on TV to increase awareness and drive the campaign to Ban Bottom Trawling: https://action.greenpeace.org.nz/appeal/may-drtv-sg-eappeal/?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz

#NewZealand #nzpol #fishing #bottomtrawling #deepsealife #coral

Take it from a #Norwegian: #fishing companies are evil. They know fully well what they are doing and have made many subspecies of fish extinct for purile greed.

The #FishFarms are 3x as evil, but still.

#European #BottomTrawling costs billions every year in #climate impacts, study finds
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/european-bottom-trawling-costs-billions-every-year-in-climate-impacts-study-finds/

@mongabay Fascinating!
& I love this octopus image
"A brooding mother octopus shelters her eggs behind corals. Image by Schmidt Ocean Institute (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)".
Joining the call for protection from trawling, mining, pollution...

#DeepSea #coral #sealife #BottomTrawling

Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/study-finds-bottom-trawling-nets-3000-marine-fish-species-including-threatened-ones/

#environment #marine #marinelife #fish #species #BottomTrawling #BanBottomTrawling

@greenpeace Splendid investigation, extraordinary findings, terrific video. Supporting your call for a permanent sanctuary & no-take zone!

#Sealife #BottomTrawling #DeepSea #NZ #fisheries #MarineProtectedArea #NoTakeZone #biodiversity #seamount #ocean

@pezmico Thanks! To summarise:

Videos analysed show 350 different corals and sponges, some >100 years old, on the sea plateau Lord Howe Rise. Deep-sea corals create habitats for thousands of other species. Vulnerable marine ecosystems should be comprehensively protected.
Ban #BottomTrawling!

#NZ #DeepSea #fisheries #biodiversity #ocean #Greenpeace

SO embarrassing for New Zealand.

Luxon is facing international backlash over his government's proposal to allow bottom trawlers to destroy more deep-sea corals in international waters without consequence.

https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360948971/nz-under-fire-move-weaken-deep-sea-coral-protection

#bottomtrawling #ocean #NZPol #newzealand

@greenpeace

Did it ban bottom trawling?

(See https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33022710/)

#oceans
#documentaries
#BottomTrawling

This thought-provoking art raises weighty issues, but with joy in the making, the details, & the conversations that ensue. It's disturbing, but so beautiful!

What other aspects do you see?
🧵 7/n

#RatapanLautan #PangrokSulap #StBenetsCam #MarineLife #seabed #BottomTrawling #OceanArt #SaveOurSeas

These are dwarfed by the huge scale of new threats. Life amid the 3-dimensionality of a thriving habitat contrasts with the flattened desert & devastated seabed after the passage of a bottom trawl.
🧵 5/n

#BottomTrawling #pipefish #seahorse #seadragon #BellowsFish #IconicFishes

#BottomTrawling is bad for #marine #ecosystems & #climate.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e27glpmqieaxssmmgfav66vb/post/3m5iracnqoc2t

The dolphins invite us to look closely at the beauty and diversity of the ocean, and the current impact of man. On show now in the heart of Cambridge, 'Reflecting on the Sea': details above.

Open invitation to a reception [edit: and talk] on Thurs 25 Nov, 5-6pm:
https://www.stbenetschurch.org/events/reflecting-on-the-sea

#StBenetsCam #PangrokSulap #stewardship #BottomTrawling #ArtAndNature #Cambridge #Malaysia

See ‘The Making of Ratapan Lautan’ on #MakerTube, 4min28:
https://makertube.net/w/qQiThe9QJ7rVhSe3B93SAT
🧵 2/2

#PangrokSulap #Malaysia #BottomTrawling #OceanArt #ArtAndNature #EnvironmentalArt #ArtAndEcology #ArtAndNature #Sabah @pangroksulap

Two powerful artworks by Pangrok Sulap are now on display in the beautiful space of St Bene't's in Cambridge:
https://www.stbenetschurch.org/laut
📷 Revd Devin McLachlan
🧵 1/2

#sealife #StBenetsCam #BottomTrawling #ocean #pollution #MarineConservation #PangrokSulap #IconicFishes #Cambridge

UK Government Declines To Ban Bottom Trawling Four Months After Pledging To Do So https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/uk-declines-to-ban-bottom-trawling/

UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/uk-rejects-total-ban-on-bottom-trawling-in-offshore-marine-protected-areas/

#UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #BottomTrawling #UKpol

Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/09/bottom-trawling-to-continue-in-english-protected-waters-government-rules

#England #environment #waters #BottomTrawling

#BottomTrawling

We need to stop the madness...

https://theecologist.org/2025/aug/19/ban-bottom-trawling-protected-zones

Critically endangered angel shark filmed off Welsh coast - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/26/critically-endangered-angel-shark-filmed-off-welsh-coast-in-first-spotting-since-2021 "the shark is especially vulnerable to #bottomtrawling – the industrial fishing practice of dragging vast, weighted nets along the sea floor, scooping up everything in their path." ban this

@leafyhistory.bsky.social Splendid image & anecdote! I'd love to encounter a giant skate - & see more skate - we should end the #BottomTrawling that destroys their habitat!

Fish, Seals, Crabs, & Billions More Killed in Deadly Bottom Trawling Nets in Alaska’s Waters https://www.idausa.org/campaign/farmed-animal/latest-news/fish-seals-crabs-and-billions-more-killed-in-deadly-bottom-trawling-nets-in-alaskas-waters/?utm_source=Mastodon

#Alaska #environment #waters #AnimalRights #marinelife #BottomTrawling