Warming Arctic being exploited by trawlers

ENN
Mar 6, 2016, 1:29 pm24 pts
Ice melt in the Arctic Ocean is opening up previously untouched areas to industrial fishing fleets using ecologically risky bottom trawling methods, writes Joe Sandler Clarke. Ecosystems supporting walruses, polar bears, puffins and other sea birds could be stripped bare.Bottom trawling is widely considered to…

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