Deep-sea mining operations could potentially disrupt marine ecosystems by releasing nutrient-poor sediments that essentially ...

The netting is designed to act as a barrier to orcas while still allowing fish to pass over, under or through the broad gaps in the web barrier.

The Centre's new deep-sea fishing rules empower local fishermen and cooperatives, banning foreign vessels and promoting ...

The revised norms seek to tap high-value tuna resources that remain largely underutilised, even as neighbouring countries ...

In August 2023, researchers studying the uncharted depths off the Cayman Islands deployed a custom-built underwater camera system called a dBRUV (deep Baited Remote Underwater Video). The device, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Deep-sea trawling is destroying underwater mountains teeming with marine life and causing irreparable damage to ecosystems, scientists warned on Wednesday. Sign up here. Most of the ...

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Far out on the high seas, on any given day, hundreds of fishing vessels drag huge nets, big enough to snag a 747 jumbo jet, across the ocean bottom, vacuuming up 150-year-old fish, flattening ancient ...

The Indian government announced a set of new deep-sea fishing rules in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as the country aims to empowering fishermen, cooperatives and small-scale fishers.

LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Bottom trawling by fishermen, long believed to harm marine life, may be even more damaging than previously thought, affecting the seabed as seriously as intensive ploughing ...

The netting is being used to try to keep orcas from being killed as they try to eat fish collected by the bottom-trawl gear.