Apparently there is a study underway that is setting out to empirically determine the ole adage that trawling is bad for the environment, as reported by New Scientist (link to pdf). This is a tale that has been handed down orally from generation to generation of conservationists. Sometimes when a story is repeated many times, . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Benefits of Bottom Trawling and Other Assorted Fairy Tales
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  December 7th, 2010  9 comments  Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Fishing  benthic, Best of Zelnio, California, Journalism, Nature Conservancy, New Scientist, trawling By Dr. M, on September 15th, 2010 4 comments Conservation & Environment, Fish, Fishing, Industry & Government Claire Nouvian, CNN, corals, fishing, The Deep, trawling Claire Nouvian, author of The Deep, provides a blunt and passionate discussion of why deep-sea fishing is very, very bad over at CNN. In blatant ignorance of science and oblivious to common sense, bottom trawling — or “bulldozing,” as it should be called — goes on with the complicity of our governments and our own . . . → Read More: Deep sea fishing is ‘oceanocide’
By Dr. M, on September 21st, 2009 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Coral Coral, Crab, deep sea, Environmental Defense Fund, Florida, Lophelia, NOAA, North Carolina, reef, trawling From the wire… A vast stretch of deepsea coral reefs in the south Atlantic passed a key step toward full federal protection as a special habitat where destructive fishing trawls are prohibited. The deepwater coral reefs, spanning 23,000 square miles from the North Carolina down to the Florida coast, are a relatively pristine habitat, rich . . . → Read More: Protection For Deep-Water Corals Close
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