A close-up photo of stony coral in a trawl net shows both dead and live versions of the protected species. Having seen David Attenborough’s film Ocean, I am appalled that this type of fishing is ...

The man learned that fishermen in Tyborøn, a village of about 2,000 people in Jutland, had about 450 tons of unused fishing nets stored in warehouses at the port. These were trawl nets made of nylon ...

The practices are still permitted across Britain's 178 marine protected areas (MPAs), but spurred-on by footage from Sir David Attenborough's new film on oceans showing the heavy metal chains of a ...

Trawling would leave "little buffer between the trawl nets and the high-relief coral mounds," he told TCPalm. Shrimping also would stir up muddy sediment that could blanket the reef, Reed said.

The idea is to catch fish that live on or near the sea floor with a large net towed by a boat. "Trawl nets are shaped ... with the sea floor. Here's a diagram to give you an idea of how ...

30 trawl boats operating 5m off coast caught so far The expert added that the state government should consider imposing a total ban on trawling at least for three months during peak turtle nesting ...

The issue recently came to attention after dramatic footage from Sir David Attenborough’s new film on oceans captured the heavy metal chains of a bottom trawl net bulldozing through silt on the ...

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is considering reopening the Oculina Bank coral reef to rock shrimp trawling nets. Conservationists say that would destroy the rare coral reef found ...