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Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM1 min readVerified Wire
Bottom trawlers do huge damage to life on undersea mountains. Could an end finally be in sight?

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Tens of thousands of underwater mountains dot the ocean floor around the world. A few break the surface, such as the Hawaiian island chain. The rest are seamounts, peaks and pinnacles rising from the deep seafloor. Some lie just a few meters below the surface, while others rest deeper.
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