The marine sediments that bottom trawlers stir up like underwater rototillers are the largest storehouse of carbon on the planet. Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

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 ...

The fishing vessel Gold Rush, which harvests pollock and other groundfish, is docked on Oct. 3, 2022, at Trident Seafood's Kodiak plant. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Alaskans are all too ...

Overfishing has dire consequences for ocean health and for the millions of people who depend on fish for food and well-being. Globally, catch has been steadily declining since the 1990s. It's a trend ...

Small-scale fishers in the West African nation have protested what they claim is encroachment and unfair competition for ...

Costa Rican fishermen are calling for an investigation into the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (INCOPESCA) for attempting to reintroduce trawling. Small-scale fishermen from ...

Around the UK, hundreds of marine protected areas (MPAs) appear on maps as blue sanctuaries for ocean life. In theory, these ...

A recent illegal fishing incident in the Eastern Aegean involved seven Turkish trawlers operating in Greek waters near ...

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 ...

The spring trawl harvest for whiting is underway off the Northwest coast in an unusual year when a crucial marker of success won’t just be nets stuffed with fish but crews that stay healthy and free ...

In Odisha, two fishing trawlers from Andhra Pradesh were seized for illegal fishing near Ganjam's Rushikulya river mouth, amidst a ban to protect Olive Ridley turtles. Eight fishermen were detained ...