Editing Bottom trawling (section)

=== Carbon release ===
An estimated 370 million tonnes a year of carbon dioxide stored in seafloor sediment is released by bottom-trawling fishing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McVeigh |first=Karen |date=2024-01-18 |title=Carbon released by bottom trawling 'too big to ignore', says study |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/18/carbon-released-by-bottom-trawling-too-big-to-ignore-says-study |access-date=2024-03-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Most carbon released into the sea enters the atmosphere within a decade.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Atwood |first1=Trisha B. |last2=Romanou |first2=Anastasia |last3=DeVries |first3=Tim |last4=Lerner |first4=Paul E. |last5=Mayorga |first5=Juan S. |last6=Bradley |first6=Darcy |last7=Cabral |first7=Reniel B. |last8=Schmidt |first8=Gavin A. |last9=Sala |first9=Enric |date=2024 |title=Atmospheric CO2 emissions and ocean acidification from bottom-trawling |journal=Frontiers in Marine Science |volume=10 |doi=10.3389/fmars.2023.1125137 |doi-access=free |issn=2296-7745}}</ref> Banning bottom trawling in marine protected areas has been suggested.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Bottom trawling is huge source of carbon emissions, new study reveals |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/climate-change-bottom-trawling-fishing |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Environment |language=en}}</ref>