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  2. Bottom trawling - Wikipedia

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    Bottom trawling is trawling (towing a trawl, which is a fishing net) along the seafloor. It is also referred to as "dragging". The scientific community divides bottom trawling into benthic trawling and demersal trawling. Benthic trawling is towing a net at the very bottom of the ocean and demersal trawling is towing a net just above the benthic ...

  3. Benthic zone - Wikipedia

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    The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, ... Bottom trawling; Deep sea; Intertidal zone; Lake stratification ...

  4. Trawling - Wikipedia

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    Published research has shown that benthic trawling destroys the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa, an important habitat for many deep-sea organisms. [18] Midwater (pelagic) trawling is a much "cleaner" method of fishing, in that the catch usually consists of just one species and does not physically damage the sea bottom. However, environmental ...

  5. Destructive fishing practices - Wikipedia

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    Bottom trawling is trawling (towing a trawl, which is a fishing net) along the sea floor. It is also referred to as "dragging". The scientific community divides bottom trawling into benthic trawling and demersal trawling. Benthic trawling is towing a net at the very bottom of the ocean and demersal trawling is towing a net just above the ...

  6. Glossary of fishery terms - Wikipedia

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    Trawling – is fishing with a large bag-like net, called a trawl, which is drawn along behind a boat called a trawler. The net can be dragged along the sea bottom in order to target demersal fish, or pulled through clear water in order to target pelagic fish. Trawling along the sea bottom can result in significant bycatch and habitat destruction.

  7. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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    Bottom trawling is trawling (towing a trawl, which is a fishing net) along the sea floor. It is also referred to as "dragging". The scientific community divides bottom trawling into benthic trawling and demersal trawling. Benthic trawling is towing a net at the very bottom of the ocean and demersal trawling is towing a net just above the ...

  8. Unsustainable fishing methods - Wikipedia

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    Bottom trawling is scientifically divided into two types of trawling, demersal trawling and benthic trawling, [10] which allows trawlers to target species that live close to the seabed, or those that live on or in the seabed respectively. [7]

  9. Benthos - Wikipedia

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    Benthos (from Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos) ' the depths [of the sea] '), also known as benthon, is the community of organisms that live on, in, or near the bottom of a sea, river, lake, or stream, also known as the benthic zone. [1]