ExtinctionR , 5 months ago The emissions caused by bottom trawler fishing scouring up sediment is estimated to be equivalent to 370 million metric tons of CO2. That’s more than twice that emitted by the global fishing industry’s burning of fossil fuels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/01/18/oceans/trawling-ocean-tons-carbon-dioxide/?utm_content=buffer086ac&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn
The emissions caused by bottom trawler fishing scouring up sediment is estimated to be equivalent to 370 million metric tons of CO2.
That’s more than twice that emitted by the global fishing industry’s burning of fossil fuels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/01/18/oceans/trawling-ocean-tons-carbon-dioxide/?utm_content=buffer086ac&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn