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 ...

30 trawl boats operating 5m off coast caught so far The expert added that the state government should consider imposing a total ban on trawling at least for three months during peak turtle nesting ...