i actually watched a program on foxtel a while back on fish trawling.i think it was antarctica?.the size of the boats was to me,a beam trawler,absolutely gigantic!there was little bycatch but they were being turned into fish fingers and seafood extender,that seems like a waste.and longliners cant be a good thing but i guess while people keep buying,theyll keep catching.and not that anyone has said anything but we catch a lot less fish other trawl fisheries because we have bridles and a bar 65mm square in front of the net which seems to scare nearly all the fish away,plus we have fish excluders as well.even if we do catch an unlucky nice fish,we cant keep it.we can only keep it if it was line caught and we have a line licence.fishos catch us with a fish and they will book us.keep up the good talk guys,
good luck!!!!