Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seabed damage caused by dredging off the coast of Scotland. Howard Wood / Community of Arran Seabed Trust ...

In Scotland, the fishing practice of scrapping ocean bottom continues despite promise - Scotland has designated 37% of its ...

The world’s oceans are massive and critical carbon sinks that absorb roughly one-third of the greenhouse gas emissions humans generate by burning fossil fuels and reshaping Earth’s landscape. New ...

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 ...

This year, countries, including the UK and Ghana, committed to bans on the destructive practice of bottom trawling. That’s where weighted nets are dragged across the ocean floor to scoop up large ...

Environmentally damaging fishing practices continue across Europe even in protected areas, conservation groups say. View on ...

A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world’s oceans. Renaca, Chile – A landmark ...

In 2023, commercial fishing vessels spent more than 33,000 hours operating in the U.K.’s offshore marine protected areas, mainly using trawling and dredging methods. Bottom trawling is permitted in ...

Environmental groups urged the United Nations on Monday to ban so-called bottom trawl fishing in international waters, calling the practice the most destructive fishing practice on the high seas. In ...

It’s been well established by now that the agricultural systems producing our food contribute at least one fifth of global anthropogenic carbon emissions—and up to a third if waste and transportation ...

The U.N. General Assembly urged nations Wednesday to consider temporary bans on high seas bottom trawling, disappointing scientists and some countries seeking an immediate halt to the destructive ...