The Cool Down on MSN

Scientists uncover 'neglected' side effects of common fishing method: 'We've never thought of [this]'

Because seafood feeds billions of people, with the global market worth over $257 billion, it may take some time to agree to ...
Grist

Bottom trawling shreds the seafloor. It may also be a huge source of carbon emissions.

More than a quarter of the wild seafood that the world eats comes from the seafloor. Shrimp, skate, sole, cod and other creatures — mostly flat ones — that roam the bottom of the ocean get scooped up ...
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 ...
Morning Overview on MSNOpinion

Common fishing tactic found to be quietly wrecking ocean food chains

Industrial fishing has become so routine that it is easy to forget how violent it is to the sea itself. One technique in ...
E&E

NOAA ignored trawling impacts on Alaskan seafloor, lawsuit says

NOAA Fisheries violated federal law by allowing corals, sponges and other seafloor habitats in the Gulf of Alaska to be damaged by unchecked bottom trawling, a lawsuit filed Monday by environmental ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...