Fishermen barely eking out a profit because of overfishing of their target stock, shrimp, are now surviving by selling their bycatch (the low-value fish also caught in the large, indiscriminate nets).

The Government of Canada says the recovery of wild Pacific salmon stocks is a key priority, but both Indigenous and non-Indigenous harvesters call foul.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fishing vessel Gold Rush, which harvests pollock and other groundfish, is docked on Oct. 3, 2022, at Trident Seafood's Kodiak ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Roughly a quarter of all wild-caught seafood is brought to market using ...

Learn why destructive trawling in the Bering Sea matters and how changing fishing practices could help protect marine ecosystems #BeringSea #Fishing #OceanConservation ...

Researchers report estimates of bottom trawl-fishing footprints around the world. The extent of bottom trawl fishing and its environmental impact are often debated. However, trawling extent has been ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Bottom trawling is a practice used by commercial fisheries around the world in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the ocean floor to scoop ...

Trawling for fish? You might be setting yourself up for a paltry haul next time. Glenn Perrigo, CC BY-NC-ND Trawling – dragging heavy gear over ocean bottoms in search of fish near the sea floor – is ...

About a quarter of the world's seafood caught in the ocean comes from bottom trawling, a method that involves dragging a net along the ocean's shelves and slopes to scoop up shrimp, cod, rockfish, ...

A first-of-its-kind study in the Irish Sea is addressing critical evidence gaps around the environmental impact of bottom ...