Chennai Wildlife Warden Manish Meena told TNIE the patrol team intercepted a trawl boat operating within the prohibited zone of 5 nautical miles near Ennore and asked the crew to lift the net out ...

Trawl nets, used extensively in commercial fishing, are particularly problematic. These large, moving nets sweep up everything in their path, trapping species indiscriminately. Fishing fleets face ...

These TEDs, which are fitted to trawl nets, will prevent the turtles from getting trapped. The submission was made in a report filed before the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal as ...

CHENNAI: As the death toll of Olive Ridley turtles continues to rise during the ongoing nesting season this year, the Union ...

MPEDA has initiated onboard field trials in Odisha using the U.S. NOAA-approved design, and “results have been very positive ... But such an incident has never happened, we’ve not seen small turtles ...

Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department faces challenges enforcing Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in fishing nets, impacting Olive ...

Environmental NGOs have praised the Danish government’s proposal to ban bottom trawling in over 17% of its waters The plan will create trawl-free zones in the Belt Sea and parts of the Kattegat, both ...

Katie White compared bottom trawling, which is the act of dragging heavy nets across the seabed, with “ripping up an orchard to pick an apple”. One or two trawls can decimate an area for up to five ...