While we knew that the bottom trawlers have done grave ecological harm to such places as Discovery Bay, we really didn’t understand exactly what that looked like. (in an interview I did with a long time resident of the Bay, he stated that the aquatic species were never the same after bottom trawling was allowed by the State, in the 1970s).
A very interesting piece just published. Rugged inexpensive cameras are showing us many new worlds that we couldn’t afford to see before. A really damning scene, since thousands of miles of bottom are being trawled daily. We have no idea what the ramifications really are. The author seems to be belittling the damage, though it could be just lost in translation.
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