Intensive seabed trawling may accelerate carbon emissions, as new research reveals its disruptive impact on ocean sediments.
In the wake of news that a New Zealand bottom trawler destroyed coral in the international waters of the South Pacific, ...
Bottom trawl fishing on the high seas is the single greatest threat to highly vulnerable deep-sea environments and the biodiversity they shelter, a new report released today by WWF, IUCN, and the ...
"Just last week, we heard the Minister of Oceans & Fisheries making jokes about the 37kg of deep-sea corals ... cost of trawling and what a destructive and indiscriminate method of fishing it ...
The Warrenton local owns and operates a small bottom-trawling ... fishing industry, but it isn’t the end of the conversation. As the state begins working through its own road map for offshore ...
The Tasman Viking trawler, operated by Westfleet ... also pulled out of using bottom contact gear when fishing. “This destruction of deep-sea corals is a shame on our country,” Thomas said.