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 ...

Part of the seabed off the Jurassic Coast is "still recovering" from the effects of bottom trawling 17 years after it was banned there, marine researchers have said. A consultation is being held on ...

Alaska’s seafloor is not empty space. It is a living habitat that provides shelter, feeding grounds, and structure for the ...

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The fishing practice of bottom trawling continues in European marine protected areas (MPAs) despite conservation concerns over its destruction of seabed habitats and indiscriminate catches. Four NGOs ...

NICE, France—The deep sea—Earth’s largest and least-explored biome—is taking center stage at the United Nations Ocean conference this week, where marine experts are demanding world leaders end bottom ...

As a cloud of destruction approaches, all the creatures in its path scramble desperately to get out of the way—fleeing for their lives. However fast they go, they can't outpace it. It looms closer and ...

In a powerful condemnation of what she calls “political inaction,” ocean advocate Alexandra Cousteau— granddaughter of legendary oceanographer Jacques Cousteau— has joined forces with Oceana to shine ...

Espresso House Group, the largest coffeehouse chain in the Nordics, has passed a sweeping new seafood welfare policy for its supply chain containing many requirements that are major talking points in ...