Trawling is very common in Namibia. Bottom trawling mainly targets hake, midwater trawling targets horse mackerel. The method is easy to understand: large trawler fishing nets are used to catch fish or other sea creatures by dragging the nets along the ocean floor or through the water column. They are highly effective for capturing large quantities of fish but are extremely damaging as they destroy delicate seabed habitats. Trawling depletes fish populations at unsustainable rates and this metho