Using heavy nets to scrape the ocean floor, bottom trawling is described as being "destructive for both ocean life and the climate," destroying an area of the ocean floor nearly as large as the Amazon rainforest every year. Despite its effects on marine organisms and the environment, the practice still provides over a quarter of fishery catches around the world. Learn more: https://on.natgeo.com/44fuiFj Ocean with David Attenborough is now streaming on Disney and Hulu. | National Geographic

840 reactions · 47 shares | Sped up video showing the process of bringing a trawl net up This vessel has a net drum at the stern other trawlers will have a net drum at midships | On The Deck - Footage from Australia's Commercial Fisherman | Facebook

1.2M views · 453 shares | Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net through the water behind one or more boats. | Neerulagam | Facebook

51K views · 941 reactions | Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling fishing net through the water behind one or more boats. The net that is used for trawling is called a trawl. | Neerulagam | Facebook

285K views · 13K reactions | Trawling is one of the most destructive fishing methods in use today. Its giant nets drag across the seabed, flattening habitats and scooping up everything in their path. David Attenborough's eye-opening documentary "Oceans" shows us this devastation in vivid detail. #ocn #oceanconservationnamibia #sealrescues #plasticpollution #raisingawareness | Ocean Conservation Namibia | Facebook