4PLANET IMPACT / ISSUE
Seabed damage
Bottom-contact activities can disturb seabed habitats and vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Why it matters
Seabed impact depends on gear, intensity, habitat sensitivity, recovery time and spatial overlap.
What the sources establish
FAO's deep-sea fisheries work recognises that bottom fishing can affect vulnerable marine ecosystems and requires measures to prevent significant adverse impacts.
Source: https://www.fao.org/in-action/commonoceans/what-we-do/deep-sea-fisheries/en
Published action
No project on this issue has passed the IMPACT publication gate yet. That is not evidence that no work exists.
Known and not established
- Fishing-effort or gear-presence data do not by themselves establish ecological damage at a particular site.
- This issue record is source-grounded context, not proof that any particular project, action or intervention is effective.
Sources
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Approaches associated with this problem
No independently reviewed solution comparison is published for this problem.
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