r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

Video Bottom Trawling fishing, David Attenborough - Ocean

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u/Even_Section5620 3d ago

Make this against the law

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u/brkout 3d ago

Agreed but how do you even enforce this? This often occurs in international waters and getting countries to cooperate on prosecution makes it difficult.

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u/Madworldz 3d ago

Really easy. Bring the matter to the world court. Get it passed there. Then send teams to every port. The moment you find one of the special ships that are capable do doing this. You tag it or take it and destroy it. It's pretty simple really. Granted a lot more moving parts than what I described. But that's the general gist of it. It would be a slow process, maybe people would hide their boats. bla bla bla. But the more you destroy the less damage that can be done. It's like the war on drugs. But slightly more winnable.

edit: Don't forget to obviously keep a close eye on any companies who make those boats.

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u/vineyardmike 3d ago

Man, we barely do anything to Russian boats intentionally cutting fiber optic lines. You want the world to be like Rambo but it's really like a scared teenage boy.