Bottom trawling may irreparably damage seamount habitats

Oceanic habitats are damaged by many sources. A type of fishing, known as bottom trawling, is especially destructive to the seafloor habitats. Scientists investigated how long it might take fragile deep-sea ecosystems on seamounts to recover from bottom drawling damage. Their results are not promising.

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