When it comes to news about fishing, bottom trawling sparks some of the most dramatic stories. In September, for instance, Greenpeace activists took it upon themselves to drop 18 boulders weighing up to 1.7 metric tons apiece in a U.K. conservation zone, according to media reports. The point was to prevent bottom trawlers from fishing … Continue reading Mongabay Explains: What’s all the brouhaha over bottom trawling?