Midwater Trawl
A Commercial Fishing Practices
Midwater Trawl
How it Works
Midwater Trawl
View of the net before it emerges into the water
Fisherman dragging in their latest catch
Types of organisms caught by the Midwater Trawl
How midwater Trawling harms the ecosystem
Ways of mitigating the effects of midwater trawl
The Turtle Excluder Devices reduce mortality rate of whales and turtles by helping the organisms escape through the device if entangled in the net.
Bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trawling
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/tools/trawl/trawl.html
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/interactions/gear/midwatertrawl.htm
"Government Controls and Legislation for Trawl Fisheries." Government Controls and Legislation for Trawl Fisheries. Queensland Government, 27 Nov. 2014. Web. 09 Mar. 2015.
"Trawling." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2015.
"Trawls." NOAA Ocean Explorer Podcast RSS. NOAA, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2015.
If the government banned midwater trawling...
If the government banned this type of fishing thousands of fisherman would lose their jobs, the seafood market would crash and seafood restaurants would go out of business. Mid water trawling is vital for jobs and the seafood industry.