Net Loss: The Costs of Bottom Trawling in the Gulf of Alaska

• Main Authors: Warrenchuk, Jonathan, Karnik, Jamie, Mecum, Brianne, Enticknap, Ben, Murray, Susan
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: coral; coral garden; sponge; sea whip; habitat; habitat protection; seamount; seafloor; ocean; freeze the footprint; bottom trawling; trawling; bycatch; Oceana; Gulf of Alaska; Kodiak; EFH; fishing; Alaska; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7023920

Bottom trawling is a type of fishing where huge nets are dragged for miles along the seafloor to catch flatfish like flounder or sole. Yet trawl nets also destroy ancient corals and other important habitats as they catch everything in their path. This habitat destruction has cascading impacts to fis...