A slight change to kit used for scallop dredging has shown potential to reduce the damage caused to the seabed during commercial fishing expeditions. Scallop dredges are heavy-duty metal framed nets ...

A fresh row has broken out over the effectiveness of the UK’s marine protection schemes after evidence emerged of a seabed in protected Scottish waters raked clean by scallop dredgers. Earlier this ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Fishing industry officials from France and Britain will try to strike a new deal on dredging for scallops next week following violent skirmishes in the Channel, authorities said on ...