Bathymetric Extent of Recent Trawl Damage to the Seabed Captured by an ROV Transect in the Alboran Sea.

The article offers information on a remotely operated vehicle survey conducted by exploration vessel Nautilus in a submarine canyon in the Alboran Sea to observe the bathymetric extent and intensity of trawling damage. Key observations from the research include the disappearance of signs of benthic activity from areas of heavily trawled sediment, repopulation of benthic fauna in shallower areas, and the different biology exhibited by areas containing trawl scars than those left untouched.