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 ...

Bottom trawling, a fishing technique in which vessels drag weighted nets along the seafloor, has long been condemned by conservationists for disrupting seabed habitat and capturing species ...

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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The Sri Lankan Navy arrested 35 Indian fishermen and seized four trawlers for alleged illegal fishing near Jaffna's ...

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 ...

A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world’s oceans. Renaca, Chile – A landmark ...

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 ...