Term:
Destructive fishing practice; destructive fishing use
Definition:

When a gear is used in the wrong habitat, such as bottom trawls in sea grass, macro algae or coral beds, where the gear should be prohibited or used at a rate that would only affect a relatively small part of the given habitat.

Domain:
Fishery
Source:
(http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/12353/en)
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