Kyle Van Houtan and Daniel Pauly's
research on fishing trawler mudtrails
NEWS COVERAGE: NATURE, New York Times, Boston Globe, The Telegraph (UK),
The Globe and Mail (Canada),
TAKE A TOUR of trawler mudtrails around the world, using Google Earth.
Except when noted, all images are from the Quickbird satellite (© DigitalGlobe). Click on image to enlarge
Le Figaro (France),
Sciences et Avenir (France),
San Francisco Chronicle,
International Herald Tribune (France),
NASA Earth Explorer,American Museum of Natural History, Grist, Toronto Star (Canada)
JIANGSU, CHINA **these boats appear to be anchored, allowing the current to draw shrimps and fish into their nets**
SONORA, MEXICO **white dots near the boat seem to be birds scavenging discarded fish**
LOUISIANA, USA
LUZON, PHILIPPINES
GUAYAS, ECUADOR
LOUISIANA, USA **scale bar is 1 kilometer** (Landsat 7 satellite, © USGS)
PERHAK, MALAYSIA