Europe’s Trawlers Extract a Huge ‘Cost to Society’ in Bycatch and Carbon Dioxide
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Bottom trawlers drag giant nets across the ocean floor, releasing stored CO2 and killing up to 75 percent of the marine life unintentionally caught up in the process. By Johnny Sturgeon By the time it was dumped on deck, the heaved contents no longer resembled ocean life.