Stu Butchart (@stubutchart.bsky.social)

Economic cost of bottom trawling outweighs benefits, study finds Ocean experts found that the economic costs mostly come from carbon emissions caused by churning up the seabed. https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/03/25/bottom-trawling-in-european-waters-costs-society-up-to-11bn-a-year-new-study-finds#:~:text=Europe-,Bottom%20trawling%20in%20European%20waters%20costs%20society%20up%20to,a%20year%2C%20new%20study%20finds&text=Ocean%20experts%20found%20that%20the,by%20churning%20up%20the%20seabed