{"id":253994,"date":"2025-03-07T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/thousands-of-dead-fish-dumped-on-seabed-after-getting-caught-in-trawl-nets\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T13:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T13:42:03","slug":"thousands-of-dead-fish-dumped-on-seabed-after-getting-caught-in-trawl-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/thousands-of-dead-fish-dumped-on-seabed-after-getting-caught-in-trawl-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of dead fish dumped on seabed after getting caught in trawl nets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scottish environmentalists are calling for urgent action to protect marine life after a video shared with Sky News showed the alleged illegal dump of wasteful bycatch.<\/p>\n

Warning: This article contains images of dead fish<\/strong><\/p>\n

The film shows the seabed littered with thousands of dead fish, shellfish, and critically endangered flapper skate. Environmentalists say it is an insight into the true environmental cost of bottom-trawling for scampi.<\/p>\n

Large volumes of fish and other marine life are routinely caught in bottom-trawl nets used to sweep the seabed. Charities say the unintended bycatch is a particular problem in prawn trawl fishery due to the small mesh size of the nets.<\/p>\n

The fisherman, who took the video and asked not to be named, said it did not look like a one-off.<\/p>\n

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“It appears to be multiple dumps because the fish are in varying stages of decomposition.”<\/p>\n

“I felt a deep sadness especially when I saw the dead flapper skate, when I saw the rope on the base of its tail. The sadness quickly turned to anger for the wastefulness involved and mistreatment of this beautiful creature.”<\/p>\n

Skippers are required by law to release flapper skate caught accidentally. Although bycatch is not a crime, the law does require all skates and rays to be released immediately.<\/p>\n

“This clearly did not happen here, as the flapper skate had a rope tied around its tail,” explains Nick Underdown from the charity Open Seas.<\/p>\n

“This shows the wasteful bycatch of other species caught in the trawl nets, which is often discarded at sea, hidden from public view.”<\/p>\n

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Open Seas called on the Scottish government and supermarkets to do more.<\/p>\n

“The scampi industry and the supermarkets have made a lot of profit selling consumers a product that is often branded “responsibly sourced” while failing to do anything to actually resolve this issue,” said Mr Underdown.<\/p>\n

“As a priority, the Scottish government must reinstate sensible spatial limits on this type of fishing in our coastal seas.”<\/p>\n

The charity also called for restricting trawling in sensitive sea lochs and coastal areas and bringing in better vessel monitoring to identify hotspots of harm.<\/p>\n

Sky News has contacted the Scottish government for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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