Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view taken with a drone shows local tribal people fishing with boats and big colorful nets in Kaptai Lake in Rangamati.

How many marine fish species do bottom trawls catch? Researchers now have a list, and it’s long, running to some 3,000 species, according to a recent study. Bottom trawling is a commercially popular, ...

This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with the Anchorage Daily News and the Northern Journal. In the Bering Sea ...

New fisheries data has reinforced the disastrous impact of commercial trawling, showing New Zealand trawlers reported hauling ...

Understanding how efficiently our survey gear captures bottom-dwelling species is a key improvement. “Cooperative research is essential to obtain accurate assessments and catch advice in our nation's ...

David Attenborough has become the voice we associate with all things beautiful in nature, but he’s never shied away from showing the harrowing destruction that humans visit upon our planet. This, ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. It’s said beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To some, a long-snouted, murky white, boneless bottom feeder native ...

A team of scientists recently collected marine organisms with large nets to help better understand the biological composition of our ocean. Learn about these tools that help our scientists "net-work" ...

Hydrodynamic optimization of trawl systems encompasses the design and refinement of trawl components to minimise drag, enhance net opening and reduce fuel consumption and seabed impact. Central to ...