The Scottish government has initiated a public consultation that could lead to the ban on bottom-trawl fishing across 20 offshore marine protected areas (MPAs). This move aims to protect Scotland ...

identifying active bottom gears such as bottom trawling as “the most damaging activity to the seabed”. EBFA argues that according to scientists, ocean warming, acidification, and sea level ...

At dawn, veteran fisherman Joseph Odonkor prepares his canoe for another day at sea, however, despite his decades of ...

The World Bank's white paper Understanding the Role of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Carbon Sequestration emphasizes the role ...

However, it also warns that physical disturbances to the seabed from human activity such as bottom trawling fishing boats, ...

Self-spreading helix twine may improve efficiency, reduce bycatch, and give fishermen access to more fishing grounds.

A group of wildlife charities are calling for greater protection of the seabed around the South West. The calls come after a ...

In a new video published today, Greenpeace International reveals dramatic damage of bottom trawling on the Emperor Seamounts in the North Pacific, devastating fragile ecosystems, and calls for the ...

A new series of reports published today by a coalition of nature charities means the UK is the first nation to map and ...

With the Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones due to make a decision on catch limits for this important fishery, ...

The problems facing the ocean sometimes feel overwhelming. But like surfers we can look for the perfect wave — and ride it to ...

This means that 98% of Chile's exclusive economic zone, EEZ, will be protected from bottom trawling. Undersecretary Pablo Berazaluce indicated that the Government of President Bachelet has shown ...