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

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

Idaho Today brings you a never-before-seen video of the effects of industrial trawling on the ocean floor. World Ocean Day reminds us that the smallest to the most devastating actions will have ...

A heavy metal net is dragged across the seafloor at breakneck speed, churning up dark clouds of sediment and swallowing everything in its path. A blue-spotted stingray tries to flee, flailing its ...

Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the bottom of the water. Turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices ...

While the main focus is on climate change and its increasing impacts, bottom trawling is singled out for the threefold effect it has on the ocean by destroying sponges and ancient coral ecosystems, ...

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

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 ...

Alaskans are all too familiar with radical groups funded by out-of-state interests seeking to shut down sustainable resource development. A predictable cast of characters — including billionaire ...

We urge you to commit to phasing out the destructive practice of bottom trawling in Europe’s protected marine areas. It’s ...

In recent times, a significant wave of support has spread across Europe, urging decisive action to eliminate the harmful practice of trawling<\/strong> within the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

A controversial bill that has been making its way through the North Carolina legislature would ban shrimp trawling in sounds, rivers and within a half mile of the coast. While that bill won’t be taken ...