The spring trawl harvest for whiting is underway off the Northwest coast in an unusual year when a crucial marker of success won’t just be nets stuffed with fish but crews that stay healthy and free ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Dragging giant nets along the seafloor to catch fish — a practice known as bottom trawling — has long been criticized by environmentalists as destructive to underwater ecosystems. Now, ...

Marine Scotland is investigating reports of a potential pollution incident at a scenic loch in the west Highlands. Prawn fishermen at Loch Hourn have reported creels full of dead shellfish which smell ...

THE mysterious disappearance of the body of herring which used to frequent Loch Fyne has directed renewed attention to the natural history of that fish. This is now the second time that the shoal of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A vessel seized for fishing in an off-limits area in Indonesia may have also been using a type of trawl net that’s been banned for its destructive ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Suddenly, there’s a splash in the loch, sparking turned heads and heightened anticipation. It could ...

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