Impacts of Bottom Trawling on Underwater Cultural Heritage

The fishing method of trawling, or dragging, has long been shown to be harmful to a plethora of sea life inhabiting the world?s oceans and inland waterways. Fishing nets scour the seabed, disturbing everything in their path, while usually in search of only one type of bottom-dwelling species. Impact...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Atkinson, Christopher
Other Authors: Wachsmann, Shelley
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10786