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Tim Jemison of Jemison Marine Inc. will pull off a boatbuilding “hat trick” next month as the Bayou La Batre, Ala., builder ...

The body of a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member has been recovered from the sea, 30 hours after he went missing while trying to rescue Rohingya refugees whose trawler capsized in the Naf River on ...

China's use of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is not only an economic practice but a strategic attempt to expand its naval presence. China's massive distant-water fishing fleet, ...

The monster vessels have spent 7,380 hours fishing in Britain’s marine protected ... Supertrawlers are massive industrial freezer trawlers measuring more than 328ft in length.

The charity said trawlers have damaged marine habitats and fish populations ... 26 supertrawlers collectively spent nearly 37,000 hours or 4.2 years fishing in 44 of the UK’s offshore MPAs. On average ...

The results were shocking. Supertrawlers are fishing ships over 100m in length that catch fish by dragging giant nets behind them. Some of these nets are up to 600m long, catching everything in their ...

Between January 2020 and January 2025, 26 supertrawlers – the majority of which were foreign-flagged and sold most of their catch overseas – were recorded spending significant time fishing in 44 of ...