Bottom trawling, a fishing technique in which vessels drag weighted nets along the seafloor, has long been condemned by ...

There is growing public support for marine protection across Europe as 73 per cent of people support a ban on bottom trawling ...

Two NGOs allege that bottom trawling is at odds with biodiversity conservation and France’s legal commitments to protecting marine ecosystems.

Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the changing climate's effect on California's coastal waters, a new study finds. The team seeks to help ...

Bottom dwellers are one of the most fascinating fish categories. As their name suggests, they typically live on river or ...

Without follow-up cleaning, nets get trapped in these reefs and turn into ‘ghost fishing’ nets, which can remain at the sea ...

Eight feet of ice, freezing temps, and 40-pound sheefish make for an arctic adventure. Here's what it's like ice fishing for ...

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could ...

The construction of the world’s largest artificial reef has been delayed again. The SS United States was scheduled for ...

The closures followed goals laid out in the E.U.’s Deep-Sea Access Regulation, enacted in 2017, which banned bottom trawling for deep-sea species below 800 meters and required the protection of known ...

A huge Mola Mola fish, also known as an ocean sunfish, found itself stranded near the Florida coast. What's a very large and ...