Canada opens second Redfish season, following 30-year moratorium on the species. Canadian fisheries minister Joanne Thompson ...

From Gulf of Maine draggers to deep-sea pair trawlers, the push to modernize New England’s trawl gear has met a familiar wall ...

Bottom trawling involves dragging weighted nets along the sea floor to catch large quantities of commonly eaten fish such as cod, hake, haddock, halibut and sole as well as shrimp. According to a 2021 ...

The ban would build on the 18,000km² of seabed already safeguarded from bottom trawling. It’s part of the UK’s wider pledge to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030.

Bottom trawling and other forms of destructive fishing are permitted in UK waters but conservationists have long been campaigning for a full ban across all marine protected areas. There are 181 MPAs, ...

Bottom trawling is a type of fishing that involves dragging large weighted nets along the seafloor to catch fish. But it also damages the ocean floor, and can hurt other marine life living there.

The proposal would expand the ban on bottom trawling from 18,000km2 to 48,000km2 (around 18,500 sq miles) of the UK's offshore areas that are already designated as protected. The plan is subject ...

Their fragile coral and sponge populations do not recover quickly once damaged, and bottom trawling can crush them in an instant. Urgent concerns about carbon emissions. A new study published January ...

The British government said on Monday it planned to extend a ban on bottom trawling to protect marine life amid calls from acclaimed naturalist David Attenborough and Prince William for urgent ...

Bottom trawling or dredging is currently allowed in 90% of the UK's MPAs, according to environmental campaigners Oceana, and the Environment Audit Committee (EAC) has called for a ban on it within ...