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Bottom-trawling fisheries devastating for NZ’s marine environment, say scientists

“Like bulldozing for apples,” is an analogy used by marine biologist Liz Slooten to describe the devastating effect bottom-trawling fishing is having on New Zealand’s marine environment.

“You can walk through the orchard and pick the apples by hand or you can take a bulldozer through and, sure enough, you can probably end up taking the apples out of the orchard but you will completely destroy the orchard,” she says… Read Full Article by Eva Evguenieva

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