Site by N.E. Stolpe
Trawl and Dredge Effects
(Note: We are collecting a large amount of information on this topic and will be posting it here as quickly as we can, so bookmark the page and check back often)

 
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Link to industry release on the NRC report
 Fishing industry release on the NRC report referenced below.
Link to NRC report on Trawling/Dredging effects
 Effects of Trawling and Dredging on Seafloor Habitat, a report by the Committee on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing, the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council.
Link industry release on the NRC report on Trawling/Dredging effects
 An industry press release supporting the NRC report above.
Link to a presentation by N. Stolpe on Trawling/Dredging effects
 Presentation by Nils Stolpe to the NAS/NRC Committee on Ecosystem Effects of Fishin: Phase 1
Effects of Bottom Trawling on Seafloor Habitats at the New England Aquarium on February 6, 2001
Link to a Comment column from Fishing News International criticizing proposed anti-trawling legislation
 "Biased scientific reporting is tainting the Helfley Bill" by Michel Kaiser (from Fishing News International) takes on the faulty/non-existent science underlying a Congressional initiative to limit trawling and dredging.
Link to a Comment column from Fishing News International criticizing proposed anti-trawling legislation
 The "Comment" column from the August, 1999 Fishing News International criticizing Congressman Helfey's proposed anti-trawling legislation
Link to a FishNet USA that discusses the inaccuracies in a recent anti-scallop dredging op-ed piece
 Link to a FishNet USA that discusses the many inaccuracies in a recent anti-scallop dredging op-ed piece from the New Bedford Standard-Times
Link to NJ FishNet #9
 A FishNet issue that addresses fishing impacts/food production trade-offs
Link to FishNet USA #6
 THE TRUTH ABOUT TRAWLING - A FishNet issue that compares fishing effects to natural processes
Link to FishNet USA #1
 A FishNet issue that puts some anti-trawling/dredging rhetoric into a more understandable - though far less alarming - perspective.
Link to CLF Publication on Sea Floor Effects
 Ordering info on CLF/MIT's Effects of Fishing Gear on the Sea Floor of New England
Link to Bottom Tending Gear Used in New England
 Bottom Tending Gear Used in New England by Ronald Smolowitz
Link to preface/introduction
 Preface & Introduction from above CLF/MIT publication
Link to Table of Contents
 Table of Contents from above CLF/MIT publication
Link to trawling/dredging press release
 A press release including quotes from various sources referring to bottom effects
Link to oceans depth chart
 A chart showing what part of the world's oceans are within reach of fishing gear
Link to contacts page
 A listing of email contacts for more information on dredge/trawl effects
Link to A Wave Too Far
 A Wave Too Far - an editorial from World Fishing by Menakhem Ben-Yami about fishing impacts and environmental demigoguery.
Link to Sediment resuspension by bottom fishing gear
 Sediment resuspension by bottom fishing gear by James H. Churchill
Link to Damage limitation on the seabed
 Damage limitation on the seabed by Michael J. Kaiser & J.W. Horwood
Link to DeAlteris et al's Naragansett Bay study
 The Significance Of Seabed Disturbance By Mobile Fishing Gear Relative To Natural Processes: A Case Study In Narrangansett Bay, RI by Joseph DeAlteris, L. Skrobe and C. Lipsky
Link to Quentin Bate's article on trawling effects
 (European) Institutes Look Into Sea Bed Damage By Trawls by Quentin Bates
Link to Gulf and South Atlantic Councils Annotated Bibliography
 Link to an annotated bibliography of fishing impacts on habitat by the Habitat Committee of the Gulf and South Atlantic Fishhery Management Council  (800KB Adobe Acrobat .pdf format).
Diagrams of bottom tending gear
Link to diagram of a scallop dredge
 A scallop dredge
Link to diagram of an otter trawl
 An otter trawl
Link to diagram of a lobster pot
 A lobster pot
Link to diagram of a bottom longline
 A bottom longline