For some reason I didn’t realize how absolutely destructive this practice is until I saw some videos of it in action, as well as the before and after shots. Absolutely depressing what it does to the oceans.

Check out Ocean narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

For some reason I was convinced this was banned years ago. Why TF is this still allowed?

Yes I think an end for humanity is in sight.

As much as we want this to be an ecological response, it'll always boil down to a money thing.

The trawling will stop when farming fish becomes more profitable than trawling the ocean for fish.