Steven Rinella talks with David Bayes. 

Topics discussed: The Stop Alaska Trawler Bycatch group; the incomprehensible size of trawling nets; pulling up a quarter of a million pounds of fish with one trawl net sweep; a floating factory; the impact of bottom trawling and how many countries have banned it; what you're really not supposed to be catching; as good as dead if caught in a trawl net; different regs between the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska; population impacts on pollock, salmon, and many other species; the huge concern of the seafloor being destroyed and lost; and more. 

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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella/?hl=en">Steven Rinella</a> talks with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/181111123119023/">David Bayes</a>.&nbsp;
Topics discussed: The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/181111123119023/">Stop Alaska Trawler Bycatch group</a>; the incomprehensible size of trawling nets; pulling up a quarter of a million pounds of fish with one trawl net sweep; a floating factory; the impact of bottom trawling and how many countries have banned it; what you're really not supposed to be catching; as good as dead if caught in a trawl net; different regs between the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska; population impacts on pollock, salmon, and many other species; the huge concern of the seafloor being destroyed and lost; and more.&nbsp;
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Ep. 864: Is Trawling Destroying Alaska's Fisheries?

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