Forbes

Here’s How Much Carbon Emissions Are Caused By A Popular—And Controversial—Fishing Method, According To Study

Annual carbon emissions from bottom trawling—a popular fishing method used to capture seafood at the bottom of the ocean—is equivalent to around 40% of annual transportation emissions in the U.S., a ...

In Scotland, the fishing practice of scrapping ocean bottom continues

In Scotland, the fishing practice of scrapping ocean bottom continues despite promise - Scotland has designated 37% of its ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Seabed Trawling May Be Spewing Huge Amounts of CO2 Into the Atmosphere

Bottom trawling is a polarizing fishing practice that involves dragging heavy nets and equipment across the seafloor. Davide Pischettola / NurPhoto via Getty Images A controversial fishing method may ...
The Herald-Sun

What is shrimp trawling? NC commercial fisherman explains the harvesting method

Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the bottom of the water. Turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices ...
Salon

Trawling for trouble: How fishing along the seafloor significantly worsens climate change

When fishing companies go trawling, an industrial fishing method the involves dragging a fishing net across the seafloor, they wreak havoc on the lives of countless ocean creatures. These ...

Scotland protects more than a third of its seas. Why is trawling still allowed?

Environmentally damaging fishing practices continue across Europe even in protected areas, conservation groups say. View on ...
Yahoo

Bottom Trawling Could Unleash Carbon Dioxide, Worsening Global Warming

A heavy metal net is dragged across the seafloor at breakneck speed, churning up dark clouds of sediment and swallowing everything in its path. A blue-spotted stingray tries to flee, flailing its ...
KTVB

Trawling's devastating effects featured in 'Ocean With David Attenborough'

Idaho Today brings you a never-before-seen video of the effects of industrial trawling on the ocean floor. World Ocean Day reminds us that the smallest to the most devastating actions will have ...
The Herald SC

The rise and fall of ‘Shrimpgate.’ NC’s trawling controversy explained.

A bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s sounds died Wednesday at the hands of the state House of Representatives. Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at the ...
WNCT

Local governments, fishermen speak out against bill limiting shrimp trawling

UPDATE (6/20/25): The Onslow County Government stated on Friday that their Chairman, Tim Foster, sent a letter to State Representatives opposing the potential change to HB 442. They expressed their ...
Charlotte Observer

What is shrimp trawling? NC commercial fisherman explains the harvesting method

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A controversial bill that has been making its way through the North Carolina legislature would ban shrimp trawling in sounds, rivers ...