Reef encounters - reefs to rubble July 25, 2006
Our oceans make up the world’s single largest ecosystem and it is a system under increasing stress.
Destructive fishing practices are devastating marine habitats vital to the survival of many marine species.
One of the most destructive fishing practices is bottom trawling.
A single sweep of a bottom trawl net destroys century old corals in minutes
Botton trawling is killing vast numbers of marine species
What is it?
Bottom trawling is the practice of dragging large nets weighted with chains, roller or rock-hopper gear across the seafloor to catch groundfish species such as rockfish, cod, and sole.
Bottom trawls are used throughout the North Pacific region, including the central and western Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea.
Greenpeace describes bottom trawling as “as driving a huge bulldozer through a lush and richly populated forest and being left with a flat, featureless desert. Think of it as beef farming by dragging a net across entire fields, cities and forests to catch a few cows. It’s like blowing up Mars before we get there”.
Check out this video put together by Oceana.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2y_M40tmvg
Al - zoozoo2.com
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