Bottom Trawling:
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Bottom trawling is a method of fishing that involves dragging heavy weighted nets across the sea floor, in an effort to catch fish.
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It’s a favoured method by commercial fishing companies because of two reasons
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They can catch large quantities of product in one go.
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Helps in catching deep water species.
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Implications:
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When dragging the large, weighted nets across the seafloor, everything that happens to be in the way gets swept up in the net too.
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This has an impact on the biodiversity of the ocean, and also means many species are being fished to the brink simply as a consequence of commercial activities, not as the target of them.
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Issue:
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Indian fishermen use mechanised boats with highly exploitative fishing nets unlike most of the poor fishermen in Sri Lankan coast who use traditional fishing methods.
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