sustainable fishing

• there is a concern over how fishing methods are damaging the environment
• bottom trawling is destructive as the nets can destroy corals, which are a habitat for a lot of marine life
• trawlers can also catch unwanted animals like dolphins or turtles, in their nets
• overfishing is when more fish are caught than can be replaced by natural reproduction, which can lead to endangered species or extinction
• alternative fishing methods can include using a fishing line so fewer fish are caught and there is less chance of catching unwanted fish
• fishing quotas are quotas set by governments to help endangered species of fish as they limit the amount and sizes of fish that can be caught
• regulating net size means holes in fishing nets have to be a certain size, so that smaller, unwanted fish can escape