A controversial decision by the U.K. government may stall progress toward protecting marine ecosystems, as bottom trawling in some protected areas remains unrestricted. Critics warn this ruling could ...

Coastlines along Sussex County in England have been significantly impacted by bottom trawling and environmental influence. In 2021, the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) ...

Scotland has designated 37% of its waters as Marine Protected Areas, but destructive fishing methods like bottom trawling continue in most of these zones ...

The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large ...

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 Danish fisheries expert has sharply criticized the government's sweeping ban on bottom-trawling in the country's inshore waters, reports Altinget in a column penned by Mogens Schou, advisor and ...

New Zealand spearfishing champion Darren Shields is urging Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones to ban bottom-trawl fishing, believing it is setting the country up for more collapsed fisheries ...

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This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal. Read the series here.