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Old 05-15-2007, 12:31 PM   #1
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Interesting article about commercial fishing by trawling

Read this very interesting NYT article today about trawlers and degradation of the marine environment. Recently there was a thread about what to do with Fluke bycatch in the trawling fishery. It is a very important issue by itself but I think the bigger issue is included in this article. Does this form of commercial harvest need to be addressed? I have nothing against responsible commercial harvest but it might be time to phase this method out and use another method. The attached photos are amazing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/sc...ce&oref=slogin


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