Bycatch is a lightning-rod issue in Alaska. Halibut stocks have declined, and the amount of halibut discarded by the Bering ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service developed the regulations after a 2021 recommendation by the North Pacific Fisheries ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn new halibut bycatch limits on deep-sea trawlers that fish in ...

The U.S. District Court for Alaska has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Groundfish Forum – a trade group representing trawl ...

Bycatch from the trawl fleet has caught a lot of negative attention over the years, especially as king salmon runs decline across the state. Since the closure, the Central Gulf of Alaska trawl ...

In the wake of news that a New Zealand bottom trawler destroyed coral in the international waters of the South Pacific, Greenpeace and the DSCC are today revealing the cost of trawling in zone ...

A new study says bottom trawling fishing is increasing carbon emissions and contributing to climate change. Bottom trawling is a type of fishing where heavy nets are dragged along the ocean floor ...

"Bottom trawling is notorious for its destructive ... and in doing so, have a high bycatch of marine life, including sharks, cold water corals, sponges and other organisms. This type of fishing ...

Bycatch is a lightning-rod issue in Alaska. Halibut stocks have declined, and the amount of halibut discarded by the Bering Sea bottom-trawl fleet has often exceeded the number of fish caught by ...