trawling fishing

Impacts of Bottom Trawling. fishing tube Bottom trawl nets are used to catch shrimp and fish living on the seafloor from shallow coastal waters to extreme depths of 6,000 feet (2km) (Morgan Chuenpagdee 2003) In addition to the shrimp, many other animals are captured and later discarded, including undersized fish (Kelleher 2005, Clucas 1997)