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

With this in mind, Cumbria Wildlife Trust are playing their part in the launch of The Blue Carbon Mapping Project in collaboration with WWF and RSPB, to prove that our muddy Irish Sea is crucially ...

The Blue Carbon survey found that British seabeds store nearly three times as much carbon as forests, prompting ...

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

The UK’s seabeds have the potential to sink huge quantities of carbon, but are being threatened by fishing and offshore ...

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

The call comes as a ‘world-first’ report estimates the carbon stored in the seas and coastal habitats around the UK.

A new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science found that bottom trawling, a common practice in which fishing boats drag giant nets along the floor of the ocean, could have ramifications for the ...

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

Amsterdam, Netherlands – In a new video published today, Greenpeace International reveals dramatic damage of bottom trawling on the Emperor Seamounts in the North Pacific, devastating fragile ...

“We were able to align some of our views, especially the big ones where I really wanted to see change enacted, especially on bottom trawling,” Salisbury said. The 30-year-old University of Georgia ...