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Wednesday
Feb202008

Bottom Trawling Devastation Visible from Space

DateWednesday, February 20, 2008 at 4:00PM

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We know that bottom trawling is a destructive fishing technique that is the marine equivalent of strip mining.
What we didn't know was that the sediment plumes stirred up by the practice are visible from space.

Via: Live Science LINK

AuthorEric Rathbun | CommentPost a Comment |

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