When fishing companies go trawling, an industrial fishing method the involves dragging a fishing net across the seafloor, they wreak havoc on the lives of countless ocean creatures. These ...

More than 90 percent of Britain’s offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) are still being bottom-trawled and dredged, two years after an analysis of the extent of destructive fishing exposed them as ...

Environmental groups welcomed the Bush administration’s promise this week to push for an international ban on bottom trawling in the deep sea and other “destructive” fishing practices. United Nations ...

Cornish fishermen would like to meet the new environment secretary to discuss concerns over the future of their industry. A consultation on extending a ban on bottom-trawler fishing to cover more ...

The bottom trawling fishing technique is more harmful to the environment than previously thought, according to a new study. While it has long been known that this method captures fish indiscriminately ...

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Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN initiative in partnership with Rolex. Amanda Vincent is a Rolex Awards Laureate. Every day, thousands of fishing boats around the world drag huge weighted nets ...

Puri: Environmentalists and locals of Astaranga in Puri district raised alarms as trawlers continue to ply on the Devi river ...

The country’s lack of statistics and technical information made way for greater deregulation and private sector influence in Jair Bolsonaro’s extremist government The lack of control amplifies the ...

Indian fishermen have been arrested and their four trawlers seized by the Sri Lankan Navy allegedly for illegal fishing in an overnight operation in waters ...

Eight marine fishermen were arrested in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary for illegal fishing. Forest officials seized seven ...