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

A new film, “Ocean,” by naturalist David Attenborough features never-before-seen footage of bottom trawling - a fishing practice criticised as destructive and wasteful in which heavy nets are dragged ...

Destructive bottom trawling could soon be off-limits across swathes of English waters as the government sets out new plans to protect fragile marine life. In a fresh move to safeguard the seas ...

This could provide an invaluable and urgently needed lifeline for England’s seas, which are so crucial for wildlife and climate resilience. Destructive bottom trawling fishing, which involves dragging ...

The UK government has says it want to widen a ban on a kind of fishing called 'ocean bottom trawling' in protected areas. Bottom trawling is a type of fishing that involves dragging large weighted ...

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 ...

These submerged elevations can be pivotal feeding stations for marine animals, but they are at risk from a fishing practice known as bottom trawling, which involves scraping the ocean floor with heavy ...

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 is one of the most widespread methods of fishing used today; some 25% of the world’s fish is caught using this method. It is highly profitable because of the substantial harvests and ...