Annual carbon emissions from bottom trawling—a popular fishing method used to capture seafood at the bottom of the ocean—is equivalent to around 40% of annual transportation emissions in the U.S., a ...

A group of nature NGOs are suing the Netherlands’ government over its allowance of trawling within the Dogger Bank area. Stichting Doggerland, ARK Rewilding Nederland, ClientEarth, and Blue Marine ...

Bottom trawling is rife in marine protected areas across the UK and EU. Allowing this is endangering our ocean, our climate and our coastal communities. The damage caused by trawling and dredging in ...

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 ...

Bottom trawling in European waters costs society up to €10.8 billion each year, according to a first-of-its-kind study released today. It found that this cost is largely due to carbon dioxide ...

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New research shows bottom trawling during scampi fishing can disturb carbon buried in seabed muds for thousands of years ...

A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world’s oceans. Renaca, Chile – A landmark ...

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 protected from industrial ...

While the NGOs claim bottom trawling in MPAs is a violation of EU law, the practice has only been prohibited by a handful of member states at the national level. In 2024, Greece became the first EU ...