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Unseen devastation revealed! A modern industrial bottom trawler is destroying ocean habitats at an alarming rate.

Narrated by David Attenborough, see how bottom trawling smashes across the seabed, destroying nearly everything in its path while hunting for a single species. Over three-quarters of the catch is often discarded, making it an incredibly wasteful practice.

Watch Ocean, co-directed by Colin Butfield, and witness the shocking impact of bottom trawling, which can wipe out centuries-old ocean ecosystems in minutes.

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00:01From the surface, you would have no idea that this is happening.
00:06It has remained hidden from view...
00:09...until...
00:11...now.
00:25A modern industrial bottom trawler scours the ocean floor...
00:30...with a chain or metal beam, forcing anything it disturbs into the net behind.
00:46It smashes its way across the seabed...
00:50...destroying nearly everything in its path.
00:54Often, on the hunt, for just a single species.
01:00Almost everything else is discarded.
01:11Over three quarters of a trawler's catch...
01:17...may be thrown away.
01:19It's hard to imagine a more wasteful way to catch fish.
01:22It's hard to imagine a more wasteful way to catch fish.
01:26Dr.
01:30Dr
01:44Dr
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