Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Environmental Impacts

bottom trawling

Bottom trawling as seen from space. This is a view of the track marks left by bottom trawling for fish in the Gulf of Mexico. They guy in the article calculated that yearly we disturb a land area in the ocean roughly the size of the lower 48 states. This is another compelling reason to make sure the fish you eat is sustainable (and hopefully these effects are included in the sustainability analysis).

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