A controversial bill that has been making its way through the North Carolina legislature would ban shrimp trawling in sounds, ...

North Carolina House Republicans won’t take up a bill that would ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina sounds, they said Wednesday — a decision met with jubilation from shrimpers in the Legislative ...

Consultation to consider extending ban on destructive bottom trawling fishing - Governments, business leaders, scientists and campaigners are gathering for the third UN Ocean Conference in Nice on ...

Bottom-trawling ships deploy huge weighted nets — up to half a mile (0.8 kilometers) in length — that scour the ocean floor to scoop up shrimp, crab, cod, halibut and other fish.

Bottom trawling shreds the seafloor. It may also be a huge source of carbon emissions. Dragging nets along the ocean bed wrecks marine life, but researchers can’t agree on how bad it is for the ...

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On Monday, June 9, as the third United Nations Ocean Conference gets underway in Nice, France, President Emmanuel Macron ...

Bottom trawling disturbs the ocean floor, researchers found. Critics question whether “trawl disturbance” is different from the carbon flux that naturally occurs in oceans. By Georgina Gustin ...

Bottom trawling dubbed ‘marine deforestation’ as activists push for sweeping ban Several ocean campaign groups are calling on governments to ban the damaging fishing practice ahead of a ...

Commentary authors Margie Brown and Mark Niver write that they see benefits to legislation to ban bottom trawling in Alaska’s ...

A new paper refutes previous findings on the amount of CO2 released from the seabed by bottom trawling. The previous paper made significant headlines around the world on release in 2021, as it ...