How protecting the ocean can save species and fight climate change

Humanity has no better friend on this planet than the ocean. It provides more than half the oxygen we need to breathe. It supplies food...

Trawling ocean floor for fish has carbon footprint equivalent to global aviation

Commercial fishing vessels which drag the ocean floor produce carbon emissions on a level with global aviation, according to a groundbreaking study, which has calculated for the first...

Scientists push to add “huge” fish trawling emissions to national inventories

A group of scientists and economists are pushing for bottom-trawling fishing emissions to be added to nations’ greenhouse gas inventories, as a study reveals the...

How Industrial Fishing Creates More CO2 Emissions Than Air Travel

It’s been well established by now that the agricultural systems producing our food contribute at least one fifth of global anthropogenic carbon emissions—and up to a...

Bottom trawling releases as much carbon as air travel, landmark study finds

Fishing boats that trawl the ocean floor release as much carbon dioxide as the entire aviation industry, according to a groundbreaking study. Bottom trawling, a widespread...