In 2023, commercial fishing vessels spent more than 33,000 hours operating in the U.K.’s offshore marine protected areas, mainly using trawling and dredging methods. Bottom trawling is permitted in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seabed damage caused by dredging off the coast of Scotland. Howard Wood / Community of Arran Seabed Trust ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view taken with a drone shows local tribal people fishing with boats and big colorful nets in Kaptai Lake in Rangamati.

The bottom trawling fishing technique is more harmful to the environment than previously thought, according to a new study. While it has long been known that this method captures fish indiscriminately ...

Eight in ten British adults think a destructive industrial fishing method should be banned in marine protected areas (MPAs), a poll suggests. The YouGov survey of 2,111 people, conducted on behalf of ...

The world’s oceans are massive and critical carbon sinks that absorb roughly one-third of the greenhouse gas emissions humans generate by burning fossil fuels and reshaping Earth’s landscape. New ...

When it comes to news about fishing, bottom trawling sparks some of the most dramatic stories. In September, for instance, Greenpeace activists took it upon themselves to drop 18 boulders weighing up ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN initiative in partnership with Rolex. Amanda Vincent is a Rolex Awards Laureate. Every day, thousands of fishing boats around the world drag huge weighted nets ...

The Fisheries Amendment Bill, which will likely have its first reading in parliament this week, is being labelled the worst ...