A controversial decision by the U.K. government may stall progress toward protecting marine ecosystems, as bottom trawling in some protected areas remains unrestricted. Critics warn this ruling could ...

The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large ...

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) ...

A Danish fisheries expert has sharply criticized the government's sweeping ban on bottom-trawling in the country's inshore waters, reports Altinget in a column penned by Mogens Schou, advisor and ...

Ocean experts found that the economic costs mostly come from carbon emissions caused by churning up the seabed. View on euronews ...