When fishing companies go trawling, an industrial fishing method the involves dragging a fishing net across the seafloor, they wreak havoc on the lives of countless ocean creatures. These ...

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 ...

KYLEAKIN, Scotland (AP) — Bally Philp hauls up his baited traps from the waters off Scotland’s Isle of Skye, checking each one methodically. Unlike most of Scotland’s coastline, these waters are ...

Research led by the University of Exeter examined carbon in the Fladen Ground – a large muddy seabed east of Scotland ...

Alaskans are all too familiar with radical groups funded by out-of-state interests seeking to shut down sustainable resource development. A predictable cast of characters — including billionaire ...

- The scientific evidence has been submitted to the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) ...

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 ...

The Scottish government has initiated a public consultation that could lead to the ban on bottom-trawl fishing across 20 offshore marine protected areas (MPAs). This move aims to protect Scotland's ...

"Has the potential to trigger knock-on effects." Officials issue sweeping ban on controversial fishing practice: 'It's a win-win situation' first appeared on The Cool Down.

While 37% of Scotland's waters have been designated as marine protected areas, only a small fraction have management measures in place to enforce that protection, according to environmental groups.