bottom trawling

First of their kind studies warn vast amounts of CO2 stored in UK seabed habitats are at risk of being disturbed by bottom trawler fishing and offshore development

A year on from the launch of its Environmental Improvement Plan, Defra announces new measures to protect land and sea

Findings come from cost-benefit analysis of banning destructive industrial fishing practices in marine protected areas carried out by the Marine Conservation Society

BusinessGreen reports from Talamone, where a fisherman reflects on a 30-year fight to put an end to industrial fishing practices that harm biodiversity and the climate

As countries meet in New York this week to discuss marine environmental protection efforts, campaigners are demanding a fresh global treaty to tackle the problem