Scotland has designated 37% of its waters as marine protected areas, but destructive fishing methods like bottom trawling ...

A heavy metal net is dragged across the seafloor at breakneck speed, churning up dark clouds of sediment and swallowing everything in its path. A blue-spotted stingray tries to flee, flailing its ...

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years. Decades-Old Rule that Allowed Logging on Vast Swaths of US Land Ruled Unlawful by Oregon Court Half of ...

Annual carbon emissions from bottom trawling—a popular fishing method used to capture seafood at the bottom of the ocean—is equivalent to around 40% of annual transportation emissions in the U.S., a ...

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 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 ...

This article explores the decline of Scotland's marine ecosystems due to industrial fishing methods like bottom trawling. Fishermen like Bally Philp are witnessing a drastic reduction in fish stocks ...

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 ...

Major conservation organizations today called for a moratorium on bottom trawling in the high seas to protect seamounts, cold-water corals, and other vulnerable deep-sea habitats. Queenstown, New ...