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Fishing method by towing a net along the seafloor
Bottom trawling is trawling (towing a trawl, which is a fishing net) along the seafloor. It is also referred to as "dragging". The scientific community
Bottom_trawling
Method of catching fish
how high the trawl (net) is in the water column. Bottom trawling is towing the trawl along (benthic trawling) or close to (demersal trawling) the sea floor
Trawling
Methods for catching sea creatures, especially fish
is also illegal in many waterways around the world. Bottom trawling is trawling (towing a trawl, which is a fishing net) along the sea floor. It is also
Fishing_techniques
Bottom of the ocean
al., 2015 – to currently enter the oceans annually. Bottom trawling is trawling (towing a trawl, which is a fishing net) along the seafloor. It is also
Seabed
Ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water
coastal development, undersea cables, and wind farm construction. Bottom trawling accounts for roughly 25% of global capture fisheries. It has increasingly
Benthic_zone
Commercial vessel designed to operate fishing trawls
variants of trawling gear. They vary according to local traditions, bottom conditions, and how large and powerful the trawling boats are. A trawling boat can
Fishing_trawler
is also illegal in many waterways around the world. Bottom trawling is trawling (towing a trawl, which is a fishing net) along the sea floor. It is also
Destructive_fishing_practices
Fish or other marine species caught unintentionally
Bycatch happens most commonly with the use of gillnetting, longlines, or bottom trawling. Longlines with bait hook attachments can potentially reach lengths
Bycatch
Fishing methods with expected lowering of fish population
the body of the net. Bottom trawling is scientifically divided into two types of trawling, demersal trawling and benthic trawling, which allows trawlers
Unsustainable_fishing_methods
Species of crustacean
it is valued for its firm meat. It is fished with the technique of bottom trawling and in the summer they are usually more abundant and larger in size
Aristeus_antennatus
Net used for fishing
fyke nets). They are usually wide open when deployed (e.g. by casting or trawling), and then close off when retrieved to engulf and trap fish and other aquatic
Fishing_net
Reefs produced by sea sponges
susceptible to damage by fishing, especially bottom trawling and dredging. In typical groundfish trawling, a large net is dragged across the ocean floor
Sponge_reef
Fishing method that involves a vessel towing a net in the water column
with bottom trawling. Midwater trawling is also known as pelagic trawling and bottom trawling as benthic trawling. In midwater trawling, a cone-shaped
Midwater_trawling
Species of fish
(28 in). The species is prized as a food fish, being caught mostly by bottom trawling on the seabed. The name "Dover" comes from Dover, the English fishing
Common_sole
Fishing activity using two boats
vessel often considerably exceeds that attainable through standard bottom trawling. Pair trawlers targeting cod off the coast of New England have reported
Pair_trawling
Marine invertebrates
displayed scars and overturned boulders from trawling. Apart from managed pressures such as deep-water trawling and oil exploration, deep-water coral reefs
Deep-water_coral
Species of fish
regulated with quotas being allotted for hook and line fishing, pots, and bottom trawls. Fossils have been found in Canada near a Steller Sea lion fossil dating
Pacific_cod
Political party in New Zealand
500 million invested in aquaculture, the phasing out of contentious bottom trawling and more. This is underpinned by the idea in New Zealand that moana
The_Opportunity_Party
Species of fish
are caught with bottom trawls using techniques known as "demersal bottom trawling" and "small flatfish (flounders, soles) bottom trawling". The IUCN classifies
Witch_(righteye_flounder)
Species of fish
True pollock Pollachius Atlantic pollock Saithe (pollock) Fisheries Bottom trawling Cod boat Cod fisheries Cod fishing in Newfoundland Cod Wars Collapse
Pollachius_virens
Floating fishing device with a steering mechanism
for bottom trawling - a review" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-05-18. Otter door was used initially in the line fishing and is not an innovation of trawl fishery
Otter_(fishing_device)
Study of the history and structure of the ocean floor
Bottom trawling also poses a detrimental effects to the sea and using marine geology techniques can be helpful at mitigating them. Bottom trawling, generally
Marine_geology
Country in Southeast Europe
2024, Greece became the first country in the European Union to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas what should protect its marine biodiversity
Greece
Country in Central America
discovered. Belize became the first country in the world to completely ban bottom trawling in December 2010. In December 2015, Belize banned offshore oil drilling
Belize
the commonest of the towed fishing gear; it is also known as "otter trawling". Trawl nets are shaped like a funnel with the sides extended ahead to guide
Scottish_east_coast_fishery
locations over the plateau, following the discovery of damage caused by bottom trawling for such demersal species. The southwest–northeast trending Rockall
Rockall_Plateau
Species of cnidarian
kilometres (120 mi2) enclosing the Røst Reef closed to bottom trawling in 2002. Bottom trawling leads to siltation or sand deposition, which involves the
Lophelia
Jamaican national dish
True pollock Pollachius Atlantic pollock Saithe (pollock) Fisheries Bottom trawling Cod boat Cod fisheries Cod fishing in Newfoundland Cod Wars Collapse
Ackee_and_saltfish
Nordic dried fish dish
True pollock Pollachius Atlantic pollock Saithe (pollock) Fisheries Bottom trawling Cod boat Cod fisheries Cod fishing in Newfoundland Cod Wars Collapse
Lutefisk
Species of fish
ones include overfishing (and unsustainable fishing practices such as bottom trawling), pollution and habitat loss and degradation, but there are many other
Asian_sheephead_wrasse
Opportunity Party would campaign on promoting national unity, banning bottom trawling and investing in renewal energy. On 20 March, the Opportunity Party
2026 New Zealand general election
2026_New_Zealand_general_election
Preserved fish
True pollock Pollachius Atlantic pollock Saithe (pollock) Fisheries Bottom trawling Cod boat Cod fisheries Cod fishing in Newfoundland Cod Wars Collapse
Dried_and_salted_cod
American politician (born 1973)
concerns about salmon bycatch in pollock trawling in the Bering Sea. The bipartisan bills would limit bottom trawling to designated areas and expand NOAA research
Mary_Peltola
Mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach the water's surface
roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). 95% of ecological damage is done by bottom trawling, which scrapes whole ecosystems off seamounts. Because of their large
Seamount
Species of fish
Hardheads are also harvested for industrial purposes in commercial bottom-trawling operations. Annual harvests vary greatly, but from 1987 to 2001, 1
Hardhead_catfish
Device for freeing sea turtles from bycatch
can be caught when bottom trawling is used by the commercial shrimp fishing industry. In order to catch shrimp, a fine meshed trawl net is needed. This
Turtle_excluder_device
communities by bottom trawling and large amounts of bycatch (non target species taken) associated with longlining and bottom trawling. This led to calls
Rockall–Porcupine_margin
Species of fish
shallower and warmer waters) and stationary bottom gillnets, which does not cause the same damage as bottom trawling. In 2017, the Marine Stewardship Council
Greenland_halibut
Species of fish
and effort from 2007. Orange roughy is fished almost exclusively by bottom trawling. This fishing method has been heavily criticized by environmentalists
Orange_roughy
UK non-departmental public body
on the sea bed in the Dogger Bank marine protected area, an area used by bottom trawlers, and in 2021 the group dropped more in the Offshore Brighton Marine
Marine Management Organisation
Marine_Management_Organisation
Species of fish
- avoid). Both organisations state damage to the sea floor due to bottom trawling and bycatch of species such as New Zealand fur seals, albatrosses,
Blue_grenadier
Planned obsolescence • Over-consumption Fishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • Cyanide fishing • Ghost nets • Illegal, unreported and unregulated
List_of_environmental_issues
Economic zone exclusive to Sri Lanka
gear of Sri Lanka fishermen by Indian bottom trawlers. With over 1000 Indian trawlers engaged in bottom trawling at a time, the Indian Coast Guard and
Exclusive economic zone of Sri Lanka
Exclusive_economic_zone_of_Sri_Lanka
Common name for several fish, but mainly the demersal genus Gadus
fishing technologies, including the ecologically devastating practice of trawling, especially in the years leading up to the 1990s, in the misguided belief
Cod
Activity of trying to catch fish
ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques include trawling, longlining, jigging, hand-gathering, spearing, netting, angling, shooting
Fishing
North Atlantic marine fish in the genus Pollachius
True pollock Pollachius Atlantic pollock Saithe (pollock) Fisheries Bottom trawling Cod boat Cod fisheries Cod fishing in Newfoundland Cod Wars Collapse
Pollock
Dietary supplement derived from liver of cod fish
True pollock Pollachius Atlantic pollock Saithe (pollock) Fisheries Bottom trawling Cod boat Cod fisheries Cod fishing in Newfoundland Cod Wars Collapse
Cod_liver_oil
by bottom trawling because this type of fishing is generally discouraged within windfarm developments. In 2019 a bye-law prohibited bottom trawling from
West_of_Walney
Part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy
17, 2025. This is due to an increase in travel based pollution and Bottom Trawling. The One Ocean Foundation is currently pursuing multiple layers of
Tyrrhenian_Sea
Catching seafood for commercial profit
surrounding nets (e.g. purse seine), seine nets (e.g. beach seine), trawls (e.g. bottom trawl), dredges, hooks and lines (e.g. long line and troll line), lift
Commercial_fishing
Hijacking of ships by Somali pirates
foreign trawling. Omar Mahmood, Senior Analyst of Crisis Group calls a warning from the Federal Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy against Trawling a good
Piracy off the coast of Somalia
Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Somalia
lightest, and fastest fully-functional micro-robots ever created. Bottom trawling is found to release 340 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into
2024_in_science
Small cod or haddock used as food
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Scrod
Overview of fishing in Taiwan
tonnage under 50 are restricted from trawling within 5km of shore and those over 50 tons are restricted from trawling within 12km of shore. Taiwan has the
Fishing_industry_in_Taiwan
Species of fish
pressure is lighter. It is caught predominantly using handlines and bottom trawling. The juveniles appear in the aquarium trade. It is currently the only
Sailfin_snapper
Fish that live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes
Deep sea fish. Ecology portal Environment portal Marine Life portal Bottom trawling – Fishing method by towing a net along the seafloor Deep sea fish –
Demersal_fish
Breaded processed fish
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Fish_finger
Boat or ship used to catch fish
operate in most weather conditions. They can work alone when midwater or bottom trawling, or two can work together as pair trawlers. Freezer trawlers – The
Fishing_vessel
Suborder of fishes
the Yellow Sea: Evidence from Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Bottom Trawling". Animals. 15 (9): 1283. doi:10.3390/ani15091283. PMC 12070852. PMID 40362097
Flatfish
Climate Index
Fisheries 2 Fish Stock Status 15.0 Fish Catch Discarded 20.0 Bottom Trawling in EEZ 25.0 Bottom Trawling in Global Ocean 35.0 Regional Marine Trophic Index 5
Environmental Performance Index
Environmental_Performance_Index
Species of oceanic ray-finned fish
creature captured on film", article about efforts to ban deep-sea bottom trawling with video of R. glesne Recent Examinations of the Oarfish, Regalecus
Giant_oarfish
Species of fish
adults occur on the continental shelf following decades of intensive bottom trawling. The main fishing areas where hake at caught are to the north and west
Merluccius_merluccius
Pacific Ocean geologic feature
guyot. From the 1960s to the 1980s, the seamounts were intensively bottom trawled. Trawling has continued since then at lower rates, particularly by Japanese
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Hawaiian–Emperor_seamount_chain
Species of fish
True pollock Pollachius Atlantic pollock Saithe (pollock) Fisheries Bottom trawling Cod boat Cod fisheries Cod fishing in Newfoundland Cod Wars Collapse
Alaska_pollock
Species of fish
annual movement of 191 km (119 mi). Sablefish are typically caught in bottom trawl, longline and pot fisheries. In the Northeast Pacific, sablefish fisheries
Sablefish
Species of coral
Anthropogenic impacts such as bottom trawling pose large-scale threats to these rare benthic habitats. Commercial deep sea trawling and fishing cause major
Primnoa_pacifica
Björk publicly urged French President Emmanuel Macron to prohibit bottom trawling within France's marine protected areas (MPA). She criticized the French
Nature_Manifesto
United Nations conference in criticism of deep-sea trawling Bush backs international deep-sea trawling moratorium Re-interpreting the Fisheries Crisis seminar
Environmental impact of fishing
Environmental_impact_of_fishing
Family of fishes
climate. Put plainly, trawl fishing is when nets are dragged through the water to catch as many fish as possible. Bottom trawling (primarily industrially
Scophthalmidae
Undersea sand mounds off the north-west coast of Scotland
recognising the Darwin Mounds as an important habitat. In 2004 deep-water bottom trawling in the area was made illegal. List of reefs "Scottish Government Press
Darwin_Mounds
Type of coral reef
fishing, blast fishing, bottom trawling, and muro-ami (banging on the reef with sticks), may have detrimental effects. Bottom-trawling is one of the greatest
Fringing_reef
Genus of fishes
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Gadus
Genus of sharks
2019 reaffirm their CR status. Angel sharks are highly sensitive to bottom trawling and are often caught in gillnets, due to their shallow habitat range
Angelshark
Gill-bearing non-tetrapod aquatic vertebrates
fisheries, have caused large reductions in fish catch. Industrial bottom trawling can damage seabed habitats, as has occurred on the Georges Bank in
Fish
Species of fish
seines and lampara nets, but other methods are also used including bottom trawling with high opening nets. S. pilchardus is one of the most heavily impacted
European_pilchard
tonnage under 50 are restricted from trawling within 5 km of shore and those over 50 tons are restricted from trawling within 12 km of shore. In 2023 the
Geography_of_Taiwan
Type of smoked haddock
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Arbroath_smokie
Object placed or left somewhere for religious purposes
deterioration. The leading causes of the disturbances are dredging, bottom trawling fishing boats, agricultural activities, peat cutting, groundwater extraction
Votive_offering
gear types, such as lobster pots to bottom trawls to scallop dredges. The main techniques are purse seining and trawling. Some vessels freeze their catch
Fishing industry in the United States
Fishing_industry_in_the_United_States
Outcrop of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of stony coral skeletons
declined 14%. Human activities that threaten coral include coral mining, bottom trawling, and the digging of canals and accesses into islands and bays, all
Coral_reef
Gulf of the Pacific Ocean
problem in the gulf, but the more immediate concerns are overfishing and bottom trawling, which destroys eelgrass beds and shellfish.[citation needed] Efforts
Gulf_of_California
Type of bottom trawl fishing net
[ˈtseːzə], pl. Zeesen) is a traditional type of fishing gear used for bottom trawling in the shallow coastal waters (Bodden) of Pomerania. Depending on the
Zeese
Roe-based meze common to Turkey and Greece
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Taramasalata
Fishing of the bottom of a deep body of water
quickly above the stop-loss order mark. Bottom trawling Bottom feeder Fishing dredge Charlie. "Basic Bottom Fishing". Southern Chain Sport Fishing. Retrieved
Bottom_fishing
participates in the Quarter 3 (August/September) – North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS), a commitment under the International Council for the Exploration
RV_Cefas_Endeavour
of provinces banned trawling at various points starting from 1954, until May 1983 when Letter of Instruction 1328 banned trawling within 7 kilometres
History of fisheries in the Philippines
History_of_fisheries_in_the_Philippines
environmental damage and fish detriment. Examples include the use of bottom trawling, which destroys sponges that take decades to regrow, and the use of
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Illegal,_unreported_and_unregulated_fishing
Wide embayment of the Mediterranean coastline of France
industry in the gulf is based on hake (Merluccius merluccius), being bottom-trawled, long-lined and gill-netted and currently declining from overfishing
Gulf_of_Lion
Large oceangoing fish processing vessel
fishing trawl net and hauls the catch up a stern ramp. These can be either demersal (weighted bottom trawling); pelagic (mid-water trawling); or pair
Factory_ship
Species of sea urchin
habitat they live in on the sandy seafloor is sometimes damaged by bottom trawling, causing harm to many organisms. Ocean acidification and sea surface
Dendraster_excentricus
Transoceanic communication line placed on the seabed
deeper seabed as a means of protection against high seas fishing and bottom trawling. However, this may also be advantageous against physical attacks from
Submarine communications cable
Submarine_communications_cable
New Zealand agribusiness
Bohny, Skara (10 March 2022). "Talley's subsidiary found guilty of bottom trawling in conservation area". Stuff. Retrieved 25 March 2022. Official Talley's
Talley's_Group
Species of ray-finned fish
is of little importance to fisheries, and is occasionally taken by bottom trawls and other artisanal fishing gear. The shadow trevally is presently classified
Shadow_trevally
Outdoor platform for drying cod in northern fishing villages
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Fish_flake
Dredging equipment
Rummler. WPA mural. Oyster dredging, by Charles Napier Hemy (1841–1917) Bottom trawling – Fishing method by towing a net along the seafloor Gathering scallops –
Fishing_dredge
Photographic campaign to end unsustainable fishing
the preservation of marine life through reforms addressing deep-sea bottom trawling or fishing. It also aims to reduce the pressure on popular fish such
Fishlove
was fished by the method of bottom trawling. This was 13.0% of the 'fishable' seafloor area open to bottom-contacting trawling in waters shallower than 1600
Fishing industry in New Zealand
Fishing_industry_in_New_Zealand
Termination of a species' lineage
shelter it. Another example is the destruction of ocean floors by bottom trawling. Diminished resources or introduction of new competitor species also
Extinction
Species of fish
valuable and is caught by a number of nations around Europe, usually by bottom trawling, and is directly targeted in some fisheries, whereas in others it is
Megrim
Canadian dish
True pollock Pollachius Atlantic pollock Saithe (pollock) Fisheries Bottom trawling Cod boat Cod fisheries Cod fishing in Newfoundland Cod Wars Collapse
Fish_and_brewis
BOTTOM TRAWLING
BOTTOM TRAWLING
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bottom.
Boy/Male
Indian
Bottom of Heart
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mutton.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
A Midsummer Night's Dream' Bottom, a weaver, acts as Pyramus in the play within the play.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : variant of Cotton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rowbottom.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, from Old French bo(u)ton ‘knob’, ‘lump’, specialized to mean ‘button’. Compare Butner.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of numerous places named from Old English cotum (dative plural of cot) ‘at the cottages or huts’ (or sometimes possibly from a Middle English plural, coten). Examples include Coton (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire), Cottam (East Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire), and Cotham (Nottinghamshire).French : from a diminutive of Old French cot(t)e ‘coat (of mail)’ (see Cott).John Cotton (1584–1652) was a noted Puritan preacher, who landed at Boston, MA, from London in 1633 and became leader of the Congregationalists in America.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Rush-bottom
Boy/Male
British, English, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Stiles; Bottom
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, from Old French bo(u)ton ‘knob’, ‘lump’.English : possibly a topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Old Norse botn ‘valley bottom’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Botton in Lancashire or Botton Cross in North Yorkshire.Norwegian : habitational name from any of various farms named Botn, Botten, or Botnen, from Old Norse botn ‘small valley’, ‘valley end’. Compare Botner.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rush-bottom
Surname or Lastname
Jewish
Jewish : unexplained.English : habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire named Bitton. The place takes its name from the Boyd river, a Celtic river name of uncertain origin + Old English tūn ‘settlement’, ‘farmstead’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wooten.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bottom.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, probably from a place in Norfolk named Booton, from an Old English personal name (BÅta or BÅ) + tÅ«n ‘settlement’. The present-day concentration of the surname is in the West Midlands and Wales.
Male
German
Modern form of Old German Audo, OTTO means "wealthy."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bottom.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places in northern England named Bolton, especially the one in Lancashire, from Old English boðl ‘dwelling’, ‘house’ (see Bold 2) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : variant of Cotton.
BOTTOM TRAWLING
BOTTOM TRAWLING
Girl/Female
Indian
Beautiful
Boy/Male
English American
Dispenser; provider.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Unity
Girl/Female
Australian, Basque, Danish, French, German, Hebrew
Cute
Girl/Female
Tamil
Triparna | தà¯à®°à®¿à®ªà®°à¯à®¨à®¾
Leaf of sacred bael
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Lord of the Moon; Lord Shiva
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for a person who could read and write, at a time when education was the exception rather than the rule.English and Scottish : According to Reaney, a local name from Old Norse skáli ‘hut’ + erg ‘shieling’.
Girl/Female
Latin
Young. Jove's child. Feminine of Julius.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Cursing, seeing.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Light
BOTTOM TRAWLING
BOTTOM TRAWLING
BOTTOM TRAWLING
BOTTOM TRAWLING
BOTTOM TRAWLING
v. t.
To reach or get to the bottom of.
n.
The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine.
n.
Cloth made of cotton.
n.
The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.
a.
Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.
n.
The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
a.
Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.
a.
Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.
v. i.
To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.
v. t.
To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.
n.
Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle.
v. i.
To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to.
v. t.
To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine or porter; to bottle up one's wrath.
a.
Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat.
n.
A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
v. i.
To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.
a.
Alt. of Bottone
imp. & p. p.
of Bottom
a.
Of or pertaining to the bosom.
n.
Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.