Bottom trawling is a polarizing fishing practice that involves dragging heavy nets and equipment across the seafloor. Davide Pischettola / NurPhoto via Getty Images A controversial fishing method ...

A new study finds that the practice of dragging huge fishing nets churns up carbon-rich sediment that can make its way into the atmosphere. We get the latest on the study and its critics from ...

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CLIMATEWIRE | Dragging giant nets along the seafloor to catch fish — a practice known as bottom trawling — has long been criticized by environmentalists as destructive to underwater ecosystems.

Louisiana's controversial menhaden fishing may see new rules ... Pulling up a net full of menhaden southwest of Venice, Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.

Glenn Skinner, a commercial fisherman and the executive director of the North Carolina Fisheries Association, explained shrimp trawling, a method of harvesting shrimp.

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, ...

One of the most controversial changes proposed in the bill appears to be the amendment to Section 69 of the decree to allow fishing nets with mesh smaller than 2.5 centimetres to be used within 12 ...

Trawl nets, used extensively in commercial fishing, are particularly problematic. These large, moving nets sweep up everything in their path, trapping species indiscriminately.