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Assessing the trawling footprint of Australian fisheries

Press release November 19, 2018
Assessing the trawling footprint of Australian fisheries The first national picture of the footprint of bottom trawling on Australia’s seabed habitats has just been released. Overall, less than 3.5% of the Australian seabed was found to be affected by trawling in recent years. Although this figure varies regionally, it is among the lowest footprints recorded worldwide.