Deep-sea fish stocks threatened

[Skandi]

Commercial fishing in the north-east Atlantic could be harming deep-sea fish populations a kilometre below the deepest reach of fishing trawlers, according to a 25-year study published on Wednesday

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we can detect the depletion of fish up to over 50 miles outside the fishing zone," added Dr Bailey.

"The general consensus is that deep-water fisheries are unsustainable and most if not all should be closed," said Dr Gordon.

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[YggsVinr]

Its not an issue of "could be harming" but that they most definitely are. Norwegian, Japanese, and Portuguese trawlers have been trawling Canada's Atlantic waters for years now, and the effects have not only been the depletion of cod, but of various other underwater animal populations. The shrimp fishery is particularly damaging and there's nothing really new or surprising that bottom trawling is having this effect on the other side of the Atlantic as well as over here. But the industry must go on