In this piece for The Conversation, we present the findings and consequences of research that set out to answer what should be basic questions in fisheries: how many fish species are being caught in bottom trawl nets, and what are they? @amandavincent.bsky.social
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Bottom trawling operates by dragging large, weighted nets across the ocean floor, sweeping up most of the life they encounter along the way and destroying habitats.