Seabed trawling releases more carbon than the pre-Covid global aviation industry

New Zealand environment campaigners are calling for the fisheries minister to take urgent action after a study by 26 researchers from across the globe was published yesterday.

It calculated that bottom trawling, a practice where fishing boats drag weighted nets along the seabed to scoop up fish, created a gigatonne of carbon emissions per year – or 1 billion metric tonnes.  This releases more carbon in a year than the pre-Covid global aviation industry, according to new research.  Read more here.