Shocking David Attenborough footage shows destruction caused by trawling seabed

Shocking footage revealed by David Attenborough film shows seabed destruction caused by bottom trawlingCredit: PA, Ocean with David Attenborough

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00:00From the surface, you would have no idea that this is happening.

00:05It has remained hidden from view...

00:08...until...

00:10...now.

00:12A modern industrial bottom trawler scours the ocean floor with a chain or metal beam...

00:31...forcing anything it disturbs into the net behind.

00:42It smashes its way across the seabed...

00:49...destroying nearly everything in its path.

00:53Often, on the hunt, for just a single species.

01:07Almost everything else is discarded.

01:12Over three quarters of a trawler's catch may be thrown away.

01:19It's hard to imagine a more wasteful way to catch fish.

01:25Never kill again!

01:26It's okay.

01:27It's okay.

01:28It's okay.

01:29It's okay.

01:30It's okay, it's okay.

01:31I can't fish.