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Anti-trawling mines in protected areas? Nothing needs to actually get blown up, the perceived risk just needs to be high enough to prevent it from being economi
by yummypaint 3y ago
Anti-trawling mines in protected areas? Nothing needs to actually get blown up, the perceived risk just needs to be high enough to prevent it from being economicaly viable/insurable.
- Doxin 3y agoSeems like installing something to catch trawling nets would be the more reasonable approach. I can see sinking something like tetrapods[0] to make trawling impossible. Possibly redesigned to really catch on nets. [0] https://alchetron.com/cdn/tetrapod-ba7fec0e-ec32-4278-adf3-f02aea2609c-resize-750.jpeg https://alchetron.com/cdn/tetrapod-ba7fec0e-ec32-4278-adf3-f...
- c_o_n_v_e_x 3y agoI feel like there'd need to be some behavioral analysis done before implementing this. If someone is illegally trawling, seems like they'd have no qualms with abandoning shredded nets overboard then becoming an uncontrolled "ghost nets."
- Doxin 3y agoSure, but nets cost money. It'd very quickly turn trawling those areas from "profitable" to "money sink".
- c_o_n_v_e_x 3y agoI like Indonesia's approach... They confiscate and blow up the boats of illegal fisherman.