Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the bottom of the water. Turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices ...

Ukrainian troops need heavy-duty nets to block enemy attack drones. They're getting over 1,000 tons from Denmark for free, thanks to Brexit and a lone gardener. He and other volunteers are trucking ...

Following a recent spike in Bering Sea killer whale entanglements, a simple addition to fishing nets has delivered positive ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect marine mammals from being killed by ...

A federal judge in Alaska has dismissed a legal challenge filed by the Bering Sea bottom-trawl fleet against stricter halibut bycatch limits. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council approved a ...

Trawling for fish in Louisiana's inside waters isn't illegal, but state regulations limit commercial fishers to no more than a 50-foot trawl. According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and ...

The modified gear, first tested fleetwide in 2024, resulted in a single entanglement for the whole summer season. The fleet's 2025 season ended without any mortalities, according to an Oct. 28 report ...

CHENNAI: For the first time since the crisis of mass Olive Ridley turtle deaths broke out, a joint night patrol team on Saturday rescued and released 16 of the endangered turtles entangled in a trawl ...