The amount of carbon released by seabed fishing worldwide is uncertain and must be urgently investigated, researchers say. Convex Seascape Survey scientists are studying the impact of fishing methods ...

Annual carbon emissions from bottom trawling—a popular fishing method used to capture seafood at the bottom of the ocean—is equivalent to around 40% of annual transportation emissions in the U.S., a ...

A heavy metal net is dragged across the seafloor at breakneck speed, churning up dark clouds of sediment and swallowing everything in its path. A blue-spotted stingray tries to flee, flailing its ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. 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 ...

Behind a trawl fishing boat, a vast net can spend hours scraping the seafloor, funneling schools of fish toward a narrow bag at the back. A single tow can bring tens of thousands of pounds of seafood ...

Many fishing methods have negative impacts on marine life and ecosystems. Some of the most destructive include the use of gillnets, longlines, trawls, pot and trap gear, purse seines, and explosives.

Fishing has a variety of effects on marine habitats and ecosystems, depending on the spatial extent of fishing, the level of fishing effort, and the type of gear. Expansion of U.S. domestic fisheries ...

The net rose from the heaving Bering Sea swells, packed so tightly with Alaska pollock that their heads squeezed through the webbing. As the catch spilled onto the deck, other dead marine life came ...

Trawling is a fishing method using large nets to catch fish and shellfish in bulk. Bottom trawls scrape the seafloor for ...