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

In the Commons, Ms White said the Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill, which proposes to “ban bottom trawling in ...

Katie White compared bottom trawling, which is the act of dragging heavy nets across the seabed, with ‘ripping up an orchard to pick an apple’. A Labour MP has called for a blanket ban on ...