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Carbon emissions from trawler fishing on a par with aviation, say ocean researchers

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Barcelona, Spain Thomson Reuters Foundation Trawling of the ocean floor by fishing fleets releases roughly the same amount of carbon emissions into the water as aviation puts into the atmosphere each year, researchers said on Wednesday, calling for greater protection of the planet’s seas. In a study published in the journal Nature, a team of 26 scientists […]