Bottom trawling undermines food security - The Ocean News Podcast

This episode is a special recording from Oceanographic's Roundtable panel event. Bottom trawling undermines local food security, nutrition and livelihoods in coastal communities, according to a new global study.The destructive fishing practice involves towing nets to catch fish and other marine species living on or close to the seabed. It accounts for over a quarter of total global marine fish catches, and a commonly sold narrative is that the practice is critical to feed a growing population.However, this new report finds that bottom trawling reduces the availability and accessibility of fish to coastal communities and diverts good-quality, nutritious fish to global markets.