Trawling restrictions not only benefit fish and shellfish; anemones and corals are also becoming more common, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg. Twenty-six years of underwater ...

A bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s sounds died Wednesday at the hands of the state House of Representatives. Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at the ...

A consultation on extending a ban on bottom-trawler fishing to cover more marine protected areas (MPA) is currently ongoing. Fishermen fear restricting where they could catch would be economically ...

World Conservation Congress (WCC) has adopted a resolution intended to end bottom trawling in international seamounts by the ...

A U.S. district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by conservation NGO Oceana challenging bottom trawling in the ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - County commissioners along the coast are working to form a coalition, an idea that came about during the shrimp trawl ban protest in June. Hundreds gathered in full ...

The British Government has been told to introduce a complete ban on ocean bottom trawling in its waters, as a former ...

Government ministers say that the UK will not implement an outright ban on bottom trawling, despite pledging to do so earlier ...

A bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina's sounds died Wednesday at the hands of the state House of Representatives. Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at the ...