The Norwegian fisheries magnate Kjell Inge Røkke and the industry have lately spent around NOK 10 million (EUR 1.25 million) on developing eco-friendlier trawls. One trawler operating off the ...

Tribal entities in the region have voiced strong opposition to the project and any commercial trawl fishing in the region. The Native Village of Savoonga, Native Village of Shishmaref, Aleut Community ...

Large volumes of fish and other marine life are routinely caught in bottom-trawl nets used to sweep the seabed. Charities say the unintended bycatch is a particular problem in prawn trawl fishery ...