Bottom trawling in European waters costs society up to €11bn a year, new study finds.
25 March 2025
A first-of-its-kind study released today found that this cost is largely due to carbon dioxide emissions from disturbed sediments on the seafloor.
The study is the first to measure the full economic cost of bottom trawling in European waters - including the EU, UK, Norway and Iceland.
The study is the first to measure the full economic cost of bottom trawling in European waters - including the EU, UK, Norway and Iceland.