bottom trawling

'Waves of change have formed': Did the UN Oceans Conference deliver a breakthrough for marine protection?

Biodiversity

'Waves of change have formed': Did the UN Oceans Conference deliver a breakthrough for marine protection?

Nations vow to ramp up ocean protection efforts in France, but green groups warn 'a lot of unfinished business' remains

clock 16 June 2025 • 9 min read
Government proposes to widen UK ban on 'destructive' bottom trawler fishing

Policy

Government proposes to widen UK ban on 'destructive' bottom trawler fishing

An additional 30,000 square kilometres of UK waters could be protected from bottom trawling under new proposals from Defra

clock 09 June 2025 • 5 min read
'Why the delay?': MPs urge government to ban bottom trawling in protected UK waters

Marine

'Why the delay?': MPs urge government to ban bottom trawling in protected UK waters

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee echoes calls from The Wildlife Trusts and Greenpeace for a ban on destructive activities in the UK's Marine Protected Areas

clock 05 June 2025 • 5 min read
'We need to make sure it goes undisturbed': Groundbreaking research maps vast UK seabed carbon stores

Biodiversity

'We need to make sure it goes undisturbed': Groundbreaking research maps vast UK seabed carbon stores

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

clock 19 September 2024 • 5 min read
Government maps out new Protected Area framework and fresh marine habitat protections

Policy

Government maps out new Protected Area framework and fresh marine habitat protections

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

clock 30 January 2024 • 6 min read
Study: UK bottom trawling fishing ban could unlock £3bn economic boost

Biodiversity

Study: UK bottom trawling fishing ban could unlock £3bn economic boost

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

clock 30 June 2023 • 4 min read
Art and activism: How a Tuscan fisherman stopped bottom trawling in his local bay

Marine

Art and activism: How a Tuscan fisherman stopped bottom trawling in his local bay

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

clock 19 June 2023 • 12 min read
'The current rules are failing': Calls grow for a global ocean protection treaty

Biodiversity

'The current rules are failing': Calls grow for a global ocean protection treaty

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

clock 07 March 2022 • 5 min read