2024-01-18 12:28:33
Bottom trawling is often criticized for its harmful effects on ecosystems. Westside / stock.adobe.com
A recent study estimates that the scraping of sediments would be responsible for the release of a colossal quantity of carbon dioxide, both into the water and into the atmosphere. But this assessment is debated.
Bottom trawling is already known for its harmful effects on marine biodiversity. By scraping the seabed, this offshore fishing technique plows the soil over immense areas, devastating ecosystems and weakening the fish populations that reproduce there., and encouraging accidental catch.
But its impact on greenhouse gas emissions – responsible for global warming – is more rarely singled out. However, apart from the fact that it requires boats with large engines that emit very CO2, trawling comes “ disrupt the carbon that took millennia to accumulate in the seabed “, thus releasing a spectacular quantity of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, assures an international team of climate and ocean experts in a study published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. A text published while a debate on the protection of marine ecosystems is taking place this Thursday in the European Parliament
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