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The destructive fishing practice destroys underwater ecosystems, kills marine life and kicks up soils needed to store carbon dioxide.
The IWT said it believed bottom trawling “falls within the category of ‘environmentally damaging extractive industrial activities”.
As countries meet in New York this week to discuss marine environmental protection efforts, campaigners are demanding a fresh global treaty to tackle the problem
It involves a trade-off between seafood production and seabed conservation.
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 12 Indian fishermen and seized two fishing trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters, an official statement said on Sunday.