Fishing with nets dragged across the seabed is causing serious harm to marine life, according to a report released by the marine conservation organization OceanCare on Wednesday. The practice ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A vessel seized for fishing in an off-limits area in Indonesia may have also been using a type of trawl net that’s been banned for its destructive ...

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 ...

Six killer whales caught in trawl net gear this year in waters off Alaska died as a result of their entanglement, while a seventh whale was seriously injured by this gear, according to a NOAA ...

Fisheries managers allow whitefish trawlers to inadvertently scoop up halibut, crab and salmon in their nets. The bycatch rate is relatively low. But because the trawlers catch so much of their target ...

Ukrainian troops need heavy-duty nets to block enemy attack drones. They're getting over 1,000 tons from Denmark for free, thanks to Brexit and a lone gardener. He and other volunteers are trucking ...

Small- and large-scale fishers report an increase in the volume and variety of fish species in the Patos Lagoon and the coast of Rio Grande do Sul state. Such abundance came after a bill banning ...

A bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s sounds died Wednesday at the hands of the state House of Representatives. Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at the ...