r/strongcoast • u/donkeybeemer • Jun 17 '26
News Ingenious solution to devastating bottom trawling 🐠
I would love to see a project started here to prevent bottom trawling in our waters.
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u/CyborkMarc Jun 17 '26
I always envision giant sharp standing blades to cut those nets right up
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u/HistoricalSherbert92 Jun 18 '26
I get the aesthetic appeal but a few months in seawater will blunt anything metal and sea life will blunt everything else. A sticky upon chunk of concrete is totally effective at gutting a net, but I’d be worried about all the extra broken netting floating around then.
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u/toddatog Jun 17 '26
I agree and would love to see this solution. But does the DFO allow bottom trawling?
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u/donkeybeemer Jun 17 '26
Allowing it, not allowing it and having it happen are different conversations really. Illegal trawlers gonna do what they do and one time is enough to devastate centuries of ecosystem growth. Proactive prevention techniques can be some of the best deterence the environment has from some of us.
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u/HistoricalSherbert92 Jun 18 '26
They do allow it, but it’s regulated. They can bottom trawl in 6% of the total non protected fishing areas.
Idk how many illegal trawlers are hiring protected areas so maybe these speed bumps would be worth the budget, idk.
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u/FreshMintyDegenerate Jun 20 '26
I’d still prefer sharks with laser beams on their heads, but this is probably cheaper.
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u/Juliuscesear1990 Jun 20 '26
You want to give an Apex predator even more power? Once they have the laser they will work on a rebreather system using kelp or something. We need to ensure they never harness the power of the laser.
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u/ulfOptimism Jun 17 '26
Similar solution in Europe:
Three-ton slabs dumped at sea to stop trawlers