orange roughy

tags: environment, commercial fishing industry, bottom trawling, orange roughy, Chilean sea bass, seafood Landsat satellite image, Gulf of Mexico (mouth of Vermillion Bay, Louisiana), taken on 10/12/92. Note the abundant narrow sediment trails, most in shallow water ( Image: SkyTruth [larger view]. Ain't technology grand? Thanks to Landsat satellite images, which are available on the internet, the ordinary citizen can now see what is happening to our planet -- but sadly, much of it is not good. For example, the above image of the Gulf of Mexico was taken by a Landsat satellite in 1992. The…