mapping industrial trawling
(Press Coverage on Pacific Wild’s Press Release):
BIV “Factory Trawlers have Ireland Sized Impact off B.C.’s Coast Investigation Claims” June 24, 2025
The Tyee “Uncovering the Secrets of BC’s Controversial Trawl Fishers” June, 24, 2025
BE Journal “Industrial Trawlers Devastate 90,000 km² of B.C. Coastline: Pacific Wild Investigation Reveals Ecological Crisis” June 27, 2025
Radio-Canada Panorama “La pêche au chalut ravage les fonds marins en C.-B.”
June 28, 2025 (“Trawl Fishing is Devastating the Seafloor in B.C.”)
Global News “Concerns raised over industrial trawlers operating off B.C. coast” July 4, 2025
Global News “Industrial trawlers have scoured an area larger than Ireland off B.C. coast, group says” July 4, 2025
Times Colonist “Catches of Controversy” July 6, 2025
Mongabay “Canada’s Pacific Coast hit hard by trawling, with limited transparency: Report” July 14, 2025
Trawl and bycatch
(Press Coverage on Pacific Wild’s Press Release):
Global News “Thousands of Chinook salmon caught accidentally by B.C. trawlers: Report” Oct 11, 2023
Canadian Press “B.C. Trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orca’s food source: wildlife group” January 19, 2024
Capital Daily “DFO’s new monitoring program proves there’s no free lunch for our resident orcas” January 19, 2024
Bowen Island Undercurrent “26,000 B.C. Chinook salmon caught and tossed overboard, says DFO” January 19, 2024
West Coast Now “Trawler Fleet Faces Backlash as 26,000 Fish Discarded, Endangering Orcas & Chinook Salmon” Jan 24, 2024
The Seattle Times “Thousands of Chinook wasted as bycatch in B.C. fishery, new report finds” Feb 9, 2024
Fishermen’s News “Tens of Thousands of Chinook Salmon Discarded as Bycatch in Canadian Trawl Fishery: DFO Report” Feb 14, 2024
Trawl and Climate Change:
The Guardian “Bottom trawling releases as much carbon as air travel, landmark study finds” March 17, 2021
The Guardian “Carbon released by bottom trawling ‘too big to ignore’, says study” January 18, 2024
WIRED “Trawling Boats Are Hauling Up Ancient Carbon From the Ocean Depths | WIRED” January 18, 2024
CBC Radio “A controversial fishing method may release CO2 from the sea floor” January 19, 2024
National Geographic “Bottom trawling doesn’t just harm marine life – National Geographic” January 2024
