Bottom trawlers extract one-quarter of the world's fisheries catches by weight and raise significant ecological, economic and ...

" The current Gulf trawl management scheme is often referred to as "a race for fish", with catch limits for each species, but few other directives. Cunningham says that under the present scenario, ...

DNA bits in seawater samples drawn during New Jersey government fish trawls reveals relative abundance of fish with a 70% match between the two sampling methods; In addition to great concordance, ...

Compared to the fishery biologists working aboard the Seawolf, Sysiphus had it easy. While the mythical rock roller only had to move a boulder up a mountain, these folks are tasked with counting the ...

Using historical data and estimates from deep-sea trawls that drag nets along the ocean floor, researchers estimate that millions of tons of catch have gone unreported in the last 50 years. Long ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Louis Daniel and Jack Travelsted A flotilla of about a dozen shrimp trawlers ...