#trawling

[unholy-cvlt]

FISH WITH A TRAWL NET

[acti-veg]

I don’t the etiquette of starting a discussion on like neutral ground I haven’t ever had the chance to in the online spaces usually.

So I’m just gonna start if that’s okay? I should preface I am the same anon that sent the “just watched dominion” ask might be important idk.

So I am going to start.

Capitalism, fishing and the need for speed

Unlike my previous ask I was going to send but tumblr got weird and deleted it, I will try to bring up articles and stuff not really to prove a point but to get the discussion rolling if that’s okay!

Fishing trawlers 

For the people who don’t know are fishing vessels who employ the fishing technique of trawling, which is where the fishing vessel drags a HUGE net and catches the fish by dragging it along the sea floor. Or here’s a quote by the Australian fishing authority who explains it better.

“Trawling is one of the most common methods of fishing. Trawl nets are designed to be towed by a boat through the water column (midwater trawl) or along the sea floor (bottom trawl). Trawl nets are shaped like a cone or funnel with a wide opening to catch fish or crustaceans and a narrow, closed 'cod-end'.” -Australian fishing and management authority.

While other types of fishing like rodding and using pots may less common, they still do not have the same destructive effects and impacts as trawling. (And dredging) Though you being a vegan may oppose all forms of fishing, I would like to argue that the most common method is the most destructive to both the environment, the consumer, and the fishing industry.

I’d actually love to be disproven that the main offenders of bycatch are on par with other fishing techniques. (As said before, rodding or pots. Or other techniques I don’t know about!)

End of this part, because I wanna hear your side!

I will come back with more later probably, but I'd love to hear your ideas and thoughts of reducing bycatch and banning fishing trawlers.

this is fun, and I will be back with more stuff later.

I will happily expand or elaborate more, but be conscious that I am HORRIBLE at writing essays and just in general I got all the problems, so I am sorry if it is less then ideal or makes ZERO sense.

I am dyslexic, and you would think that wouldn't affect things much but it does. so if I misread anything int the future I am sorry in advance.

Hey anon, thanks for taking the time to write!

There isn't much debate about long-linng vs trawling; you won't find anyone who thinks that trawling is not more harmful than rod catching. Long-lining is definitely better for bycatch and for sustainability more generally than trawling is, but that is a relative term and doesn't make it sustainable. Almost 90 percent of global marine fish stocks are now fully exploited or overfished, and there isn't enough information about the other 10% to say for sure that they aren't on the brink of collapse too, according to the Global Fishing Index.

In this context, the only rational conclusion is that no commercial fishing is sustainable, considering the crisis status that our oceans have reached. Fishing stocks are plummeting across the world, this type of fishing is less destructive, but frankly, we need protected marine spaces now rather than any kind of fishing at all. The only people who need to be fishing are subsistence fishing communities who rely on it to meet their nutritional needs.

Non-target species are still caught by line, and injuries from the hook or the shock of being caught and released often end in death regardless. In terms of waste, lines are better than nets, but much of it still ends up in the ocean as discarded plastic waste - much of the pacific garbage patch is made up of refuse from the fishing industry, both lines and trawling nets.

The checks in place for the fishing industry are just an absolute joke at this stage, there isn't even really any pretence that current levels of fish extraction can be sustained. It's a gold rush until there are no more fish to catch, then we all suffer for it. How we fish is sort of besides the point if we're intent on feeding this huge demand for fish, whether we catch them by trawling net or by line, those fish are still dead, and those fishing stocks still go down.

Even putting aside the fact that I think that we just should not be killing sentient beings when we absolutely do not need to, even solely in ecological terms, we just need to stop extracting fish from the ocean fullstop. The oceans need time to recover with widespread marine sanctuaries that are actually properly enforced, which can have a dramatic impact. We need radical action at this stage, and switching to a line instead of trawling nets is not nearly enough. Nothing at all wrong with your etiquette and I appreciate the thoughtful ask, but I'm afraid that anonymous asks are just not a format that works for an extended debate or discussion. It's too disjointed and just not very interesting for my followers, since they will be viewing each response often days apart and totally out of context. If you'd like to continue to discuss, you're welcome to send me a message.

[economicsresearch]

page 562 - This is a picture of a really nice fishing net. Used by coastal Economians in a subsistence fishery until the foolhardy overuse of more effective more efficient indiscriminate highly destructive different technology hoovered up all the fish while destroying the seafloor and removing the conditions the fish needed to reproduce. Members of traditional coastal communities, no longer able to provide for themselves, had to look for work in cities. This worked out really great for for those with capital who could build factories but needed to fill them with cheap mass labour.

[scotianostra]

Good Morning from Scotland 

Sincere Sunrise framed by John Cuthbert (L.R.P.S) Via Flickr: Harbours convey a sense, of escapism, of freedom, of peace and tranquility just the smell of the sea etches into our inner being reminding us we are part of nature, a place where most of out senses engage to work as one....Well that and the lovely fish n chips available and for some an imaginary return trip to our youth visiting fish markets that adorned so many harbour edges back in the day.......

[imagine-loki]

While trawling between realms, you seek out new dishes and spices to try. They often don’t work well with human biology, so you pay for your curiosity in cramps and stomachache. Loki is baffled that you would put yourself through that but each time he helps you get back to health while tut-tutting over your stupid ideas. Back home he reveals that he collected ingredients that interested you most, and prepares them in a way that is safe for you to eat.

[oledavyjones]

Slettestrand fishing boats working. 1st photo shows 2 boats dragging a trawl between them. 2nd photo shows one boat ( T132 Else Marie ) now holding both ends of the trawl, starting to pull in. The 3rd photo shows T132 taking in the trawl, the other boat waiting. 1960ties?

http://www.gammelslet.dk/sletbaade/galleri18022003.htm. Tak Jesper!

[elladastinkardiamou]

Greece: Trawling for plastic waste

Greece has the biggest professional fishing fleet in the EU, but it also has a huge plastic waste problem. The initiative "Fishing for Litter" aims to reimburse trawler fishermen who are cleaning up the Aegean Sea.

[lindenwalker-studios]

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