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The method, called bottom trawling, resulted in 370 million metric tons of carbon emissions released every year between 1996 and 2020—40% of annual U.S. transportation emissions— according to researchers, who believe reducing global bottom trawling is essential in reducing carbon emissions.

Fishing nets churn up carbon from the sea floor, more than half of which will eventually be released into the atmosphere

Some scientists say the controversial fishing practice of ocean trawling stirs up buried organic matter, some of which makes its way to the surface in the form of carbon dioxide

A marine expedition, including a researcher from the Marshall Islands, have visited Bikini atoll, as part of a scientific voyage across the Pacific Islands.

Visits to Chinese distant-water fishing ships reveal in stark detail a broad pattern of human rights and labor abuses, even deaths from violence

China has a distant-water fishing fleet twice as big as its nearest rival, but crew members are dying of violence and neglect – and with little regulation, that is unlikely to change any time soon.

 In the early morning hours of March 8, 2021, a small inflatable boat powered by an outboard motor covertly made its way into the port of Montevideo t...

Government Information Service of Dominica

Dominica’s sperm whales and their ... err, impressive digestion habits ... can play a particularly important role in the fight to minimize global warming.

Dominica is set to create the worlds first sperm whale reserve, designating a swath of ocean where large ships and commercial fishing are restricted and visitors can swim alongside the gentle marine giants.