KTVB

Trawling's devastating effects featured in 'Ocean With David Attenborough'

Idaho Today brings you a never-before-seen video of the effects of industrial trawling on the ocean floor. World Ocean Day reminds us that the smallest to the most devastating actions will have ...
Yahoo

Bottom Trawling Could Unleash Carbon Dioxide, Worsening Global Warming

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 ...
Scientific American

A Controversial Fishing Method May Dredge Up a Climate Time Bomb

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 ...
Yahoo

Experts see dramatic results after banning harmful fishing practice: 'Bulldozing and destroying life'

Coastlines along Sussex County in England have been significantly impacted by bottom trawling and environmental influence. In 2021, the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) ...
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Bottom trawling dubbed ‘marine deforestation’ as activists push for sweeping ban

Bottom trawling is causing deforestation on the seabed, campaigners have warned as they push for widespread bans on the fishing method across the UK and Europe. Several leading ocean organisations ...
The Ecologist

Bottom trawling ban 'must be top of agenda'

The British Government has been told to introduce a complete ban on ocean bottom trawling in its waters, as a former ...
WECT

“We’d be done for”: Fishermen speak out on impact of trawling ban on the industry

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - One House bill has fueled some controversy after passing in the Senate. House Bill 442, intended to open the red fish and flounder fishing seasons again, has now also put ...

EDS’s Advocacy Lands Marine Protection As Decision Made To Ban Bottom Contact Fishing Methods

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) hails a Waikato Regional Council decision to prohibit destructive bottom-contact ...
Charlotte Observer

The rise and fall of ‘Shrimpgate.’ NC’s trawling controversy explained.

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 ...
JSTOR Daily

Assessing bottom trawling impacts based on the longevity of benthic invertebrates

1. Bottom trawling is the most widespread human activity directly affecting seabed habitats. Assessment and effective management of the effects of bottom trawling at the scale of fisheries requires an ...
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The rise and fall of ‘Shrimpgate.' NC's trawling controversy explained.

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 ...