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Trawling

Towing a large cone-shaped net behind a boat, either along the sea floor or through open water.

Also: trawl, bottom trawling, midwater trawling

A trawl is a funnel of net held open by boards or a beam and towed behind one or two boats. Bottom trawls run along the sea floor for shrimp, flatfish, cod and croakers; midwater trawls catch schooling fish such as herring and pollock. Trawling lands a large share of the world's catch and is the main mechanised fishery along India's coasts. Bottom trawling can damage sea-floor habitats such as sponges and corals and catch many young fish, which is why it is limited in many protected areas and inshore waters.

See also

Bycatch Demersal Purse seine

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