MP calls for ban on ‘bottom trawling’ of seabeds in marine protected areas
MP calls for ban on ‘bottom trawling’ of seabeds in marine protected areas - Katie White compared bottom trawling, which is ...
Indian turtle excluder device will reverse losses from ban on seafood export to US
American law forbids the import of shrimp harvested using fishing technology that may harm protected species of sea turtles.
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Pair trawling: Sieving the life out of small bays and estuaries
Pair trawling involves two boats dragging a single net through the water column to scoop up shoals of small fish, usually sprats, which are no more than a few centimetres in length.
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Trawlers catch ‘elusive’ baby sea creature — a first-of-its-kind find — off Bermuda
according to a study published Jan. 2 in the peer-reviewed Journal of Fish Biology. The team used a fine-mesh trawling net to collect samples at dozens of sites, then studied their catch.
Offshore wind to ‘kill fisheries, increase flake, flathead prices’: fishermen
Trawl and shark fisheries are demanding some of their best fishing grounds be removed from offshore wind zones to avoid ...
Authorities ramp up efforts to protect sea turtles as deaths on India's shores continue to mount
Dead sea turtles keep washing ashore on India's east coast and environmentalists and authorities are trying frantically to stop the number of 600 dead from getting even higher.