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I'm on the fence on this one. On one hand I buy and eat fish on the other hand I don't want to see the seas stripped barren.
Why do they need more traps? Is it to increase the catch or is it to maintain the current level of production. I would say if they need more traps to maintain production that they should not be allowed by any means.
While no method of fishing is perfect, it would appear that the fish traps we are speaking of have a much lower bycatch mortality than some of the other methods so in that sense I support them. They also leave the seabed tha same as when they started unlike a dragger that essentially bulldozes the forest flat to catch squirrels and throws everything else back.
As someone else said it's in the details and without knowing all the facts I can't really make an informed decision.
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