What Activity Involves Dragging Huge Nets Weighted Down with Chains

question 36

Multiple Choice

What activity involves dragging huge nets weighted down with chains and steel plates over the ocean floor to harvest a few species of bottom fish and shellfish?​

• A) ​deep sea aquaculture
• B) ​long-line fishing
• C) ​drift-net fishing
• D) ​purse-seine fishing
• E) ​trawler fishing

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