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Bottom trawling emissions are equivalent to those from the entire global aviation sector.
Bottom trawling is a damaging fishing method used worldwide that drags heavy nets across the ocean floor, while dredges are rigid, often triangular structures that uses a mesh net attached to a steel scoop to rake the seafloor.
These fishing gear not only impact the seabed – damaging marine habitats crucial for biodiversity and carbon capture – but indiscriminately devastate marine wildlife.
A recent study – the first to look into the climate change impact of bottom trawling – found that the global emissions of bottom trawling are equivalent to those from the entire global aviation sector.
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"Blue Marine is a life raft. Blue Marine knows that while it isn’t too late to save ourselves by saving the oceans, the ticking of the clock is getting louder and louder. Without hysteria or hectoring, Blue Marine gets on with doing effective work that makes a difference – they deserve our support, applause and assistance."
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"Our children were fascinated by the Blue Marine Makerzine - the facts and information had them entranced and sparked a fierce curiosity about our fragile planet and its glorious seas"
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"It is my hope that, in the future, people will look back at Plymouth as the ocean innovator that set the standard- for national marine parks in Britain and across the globe”
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