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Fishing trawls cause significant CO2 emissions as they stir up the carbon bound in the seabed and release it again. It is also clear that they drastically affect ecosystems in the ocean. A new study by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon models the influence of bottom trawls on sedimentary carbon in the North Sea. It also shows that restrictions on fishing in certain areas would benefit life in the ocean and on land.

A RESEARCH vessel which is being used for a project exploring ocean conservation and the marine ecosystem has been busy in waters off Shetland. The RRS Discovery recovered sediment cores and recording data from the Fetlar and St Magnus basins. The also gathered data and examples...