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

Conservationists say revered broadcaster and environmentalist Sir David Attenborough would be “mortified” by new images showing a record six tonnes of protected coral inside a single trawl net ...

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 ...

Today the UK Government announced proposals to extend the ban on bottom trawling as part of the Marine Protected Areas Stage 3 Consultation. Kirsten Carter, the RSPB’s head of UK marine policy, said: ...

France’s stance on bottom trawling is also under review. The co-host of UNOC has announced strict protection measures for 4 per cent of its mainland waters (15,000 square kilometres), banning ...

Bottom trawling - a destructive type of fishing that drags weighted nets across the seafloor - is allowed in many of these sensitive areas. Currently, only four of the UK’s 377 MPAs are fully ...

The UK Government has announced plans to extend the ban on bottom-towed fishing gear through a consultation, in order to protect seabeds and the animals that depend on them. This consultation targets ...

Destructive bottom trawling fishing, which involves dragging large nets along the seafloor, could be banned across more vulnerable areas of English seas under new Government proposals.

UK environment secretary Steve Reed has announced a forthcoming ban on bottom trawling in 41 marine protected areas, covering 30,000 square kilometres of English seas ...