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 ...

Government ministers say that the UK will not implement an outright ban on bottom trawling, despite pledging to do so earlier this year ...

Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the bottom of the water. Turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices ...

Fishing campaigners say a bottom trawling ban in West Sussex could be a "blueprint of success" for other parts of the South East as a government consultation on plans to extend restrictions ends.

Bottom trawling involves a large net being scraped across the seabed to catch fish. But Cornish fisherman insisted the nets they use were less harmful and they often avoided protected areas already.

By Shanna Hanbury The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, ...

A U.S. district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by conservation NGO Oceana challenging bottom trawling in the ...

In New Zealand, the stay-or-go debate over orange roughy fisheries encapsulates the tensions in the relationship between ...

Hundreds of people associated with the fishing industry, filled the halls of the North Carolina General Assembly, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C. They came in opposition to HB 442, ...

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 ...