In Scotland, fishing trawlers scrape the seabed despite protection promises

Scotland has designated 37% of its waters as marine protected areas, but destructive fishing methods like bottom trawling ...
WLRN

These underwater sculptures help save the Italian sea from trawlers

Imagine heavy nets, many miles wide, scraping the ocean floor, trapping all marine life in their wake. This is called trawling. It's a common fishing method that scientists say is devastating the ...
Crux

UK charity calls on Government to do more for ‘modern slaves’ in fishing industry

Trawler TN-20 ‘Sea Lady’ moored at Portsmouth in a file photo. (Credit: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0/Clive G.) Listen LEICESTER, United Kingdom – After a television documentary accused a Scottish fishing company ...

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 ...
NPR

These underwater sculptures help save the Italian sea from trawlers

Sculptures are sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean sea with concrete blocks to break the nets of the trawlers that devastate marine life. They now protect miles of Tuscan coastline. Imagine heavy ...