The Alaska Legislature is considering proposals to ban bottom trawling in state waters as a way to protect salmon and the ...

Bottom trawling is catching thousands of fish species worldwide, revealing a much larger impact on ocean biodiversity than ...

Should have been banned yesterday." The original post shows a clip of a large industrial bottom trawler being dragged along ...

More than 3,000 fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, with estimates suggesting the true number could be nearly ...

UBC researchers say bottom trawling is taking a serious toll on marine ecosystems and recommend the world rethink this ...

Bottom trawling in European waters costs society up to €10.8 billion each year, according to a first-of-its-kind study released today. It found that this cost is largely due to carbon dioxide ...

EU leaders are facing a fresh legal complaint over widespread destructive fishing practices like bottom trawling in marine protected areas (MPAs). The lawyers behind it say that continuing to permit ...

Innovative, yet simple solution helps protect the seas from illegal bottom trawling that ravages the seabed in protected ...

A controversial bottom-trawling experiment that a federal agency has designed for the Northern Bering Sea will not be conducted this year, a decision that was welcomed by tribal and environmental ...

A bill introduced last month in the U.S. House of Representatives that could place limits on trawling by fishermen and shrimpers is drawing the fire of seafood industry groups from Alaska to Florida.

In a powerful condemnation of what she calls “political inaction,” ocean advocate Alexandra Cousteau— granddaughter of legendary oceanographer Jacques Cousteau— has joined forces with Oceana to shine ...

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 ...