North Carolina lawmakers kept a ban on shrimp trawling from advancing in the General Assembly. What's happening? ...

Some of the last drift gillnet fishers in the world capture swordfish off the coast of California. But their days may be numbered as lawmakers seek to phase the nets out.

It is touted there as a good source of protein, and experts hope that fish milk could net a $4.5 billion industry that puts 200,000 people to work, according to the Journal.

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, ...

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Bottom trawling tears up the seafloor, but it might also produce a significant source of planet-warming emissions. A new study finds that the practice of dragging huge fishing nets churns up ...

Louisiana's controversial menhaden fishing industry would see new rules imposed on it under a compromise proposal adopted Thursday, but it falls short of what recreational anglers and ...

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 ...

Some scientists say the controversial fishing practice of ocean trawling stirs up buried organic matter, some of which makes its way to the surface in the form of carbon dioxide ...

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 ...