Most of The Bahamas’ signature seafood stocks are being fished harder than the sea can replace them, a new paper in Frontiers in Marine Science shows.
A new study suggests the hidden climate costs of bottom trawling in European waters may far outweigh its economic benefits, raising questions about the future of one of the world’s most widespread fishing practices.
An international team of researchers found that bottom trawling in Europe generates an estimated net societal cost of between €2 billion and €16 billion annually, driven largely by the release of carbon stored in seafloor sediments.