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🌊 You know that industrial fishing methods are harmful, and supporting the fishing industry harms the planet. But what does this mean exactly, and how does fishing affect ocean wildlife? In a series of brief videos, we’ll explore different fishing practices. Here, we focus on bottom trawling: a widespread method used across all seas, oceans, and seabeds. Bottom trawling is like clear-cutting the forest of the ocean floor — destroying habitats, killing countless animals, and leaving behind barre

Trawler net did this. Or better: the people behind the trawling industry allowed this to happen. Trawling is one of the most destructive fishing methods in existence. Massive nets are dragged across the ocean floor, crushing delicate habitats, killing everything in their path - not just the target species. Countless marine animals are caught as bycatch and discarded dead. What isn’t destroyed outright is left scarred for decades. Thriving ecosystems turn into barren wastelands. And when these ne

🌊 You know that industrial fishing methods are harmful, and supporting the fishing industry harms the planet. But what does this mean exactly, and how does fishing affect ocean wildlife? In a series of brief videos, we’ll explore different fishing practices. Here, we focus on bottom trawling: a widespread method used across all seas, oceans, and seabeds. Bottom trawling is like clear-cutting the forest of the ocean floor — destroying habitats, killing countless animals, and leaving behind barre