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Large areas of the Arctic seabed around Svalbard are damaged by trawlers

In some of the most popular fishing grounds north of Svalbard, more than half of the sea bottom has deep wounds from trawl bags.

By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer November 29, 2022
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Norwegian marine researchers who set out on an Arctic expedition this summer expected to find large areas of untouched seabed. But the actual situation was quite the opposite.

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