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Bottom trawler
A fishing vessel that uses an open-mouthed fishing net drawn along the sea bottom. This type of fishing is destructive to shallow water and deep sea coral reef communities.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Natural environment
- Category: Coral reefs
- Organization: NOAA
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