Attenborough film unveils seabed destruction caused by bottom trawling

David Attenborough says ‘if we save the sea, we save our world’ (Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios/Keith Scholey/PA) -

Dramatic footage from Sir David Attenborough’s landmark new film captures the destruction caused to the seabed by bottom trawling.

Ocean With David Attenborough, released in cinemas to mark the renowned naturalist and TV presenter’s 99th birthday, includes a sequence where the camera follows a bottom trawl, where nets are dragged with a metal beam across the seabed to catch fish.