[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by blondterror

Yes no one is pleased to see the loss of 140 local jobs but the BIG PICTURE is more important...

Trawling is akin to strip mining of the ocean.. take a read thru some of these links and see what the true cost of trawling has on the marine ecosystem.

The fishery will be much improved for all types of fishing with the elimination of trawling... I think it was a mistake to allow any type of trawling in the FIRST place

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Devastation of Trawling Visible from Space | LiveScience

Impacts of Bottom Trawling — Alaska Marine Conservation Council
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Effects of trawling on seafloor habitat and associated invertebrate taxa in the Gulf of Alaska
EarthTrends: Feature - The Impact of Global Trawling: Mapping our Footprint on the Seafloor

Even if I believed all that drivel, these boats weren't bottom trawling, they were midwater trawling, like the squid boats.

URI has done some whey interesting studies on the impact of bottom trawling on the marine bottom, but you won't hear about it on the tree-hugger websites because the news isn't sensational.

The "big picture" is only important when its not your job they are eliminating.