In March, Greenpeace Aotearoa documented swathes of destroyed coral in areas of the Tasman Sea intensively trawled by New ...

Dragging nets along the ocean floor is like ‘clearcutting an old-growth forest,’ Pacific Wild says. An industry group ...

Environment and conservation funding cuts the balancing act in the management of the economy and growing jobs, opposition MPs ...

BREAKING: It’s been revealed that a New Zealand bottom trawling vessel has pulled up six tonnes of protected stony coral in a single trawl - making it the worst reported case of coral destruction in ...

The latest fisheries bycatch data paints a grim picture, with trawlers hauling up thousands of kilograms of coral and killing hundreds of fur seals and seabirds over a 12 month period. The bycatch ...

Key points: 6 tonnes of bycatch, mostly stony coral, was dragged up in a single bottom trawl last year Around the weight of a male African elephant, the heaviest land mammal on earth. Stony corals ...

Another project by Katel Delia, carrying a powerful message, is currently on display at the Wignacourt Museum in Rabat, until 26 July, curated by yours truly. I've known Katel for around 10 ...

Glenn Skinner, a commercial fisherman and the executive director of the North Carolina Fisheries Association, explained ...

The worst of it is that while the official UN goal is to have 30 per cent of the world’s oceans in maritime protected areas by 2030, most of those MPAs still allow bottom trawl- ing.

Claims management companies feed at the bottom of a sea of greed and take much-needed funds away from the police ...

Conservationists say Sir David Attenborough would be “mortified” by images of six tonnes of coral caught in a single trawl net off New Zealand’s east coast. Seafood New Zealand’s CEO Lisa ...

Typically, boats pull the trawl at a speed of 2 1/2 to 3 knots, Skinner said, which is around 3 mph. The trawl forms a flattened cone shape, where the bottom line, also called the foot rope, is ...