ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- Clammers and environmentalists are at odds over legislation moving through the Maryland General Assembly that would increase the regulation of hydraulic clam dredges.

An MIT scientist has developed a new dredge for catching scallops that is more environmentally friendly than the standard devices used in the industry. He is the first to admit that current dredges do ...

Let’s journey to the underbelly of the waterfront, as it were, far from container and cruise ships, aircraft carriers and destroyers, tugs and barges, to vessels that are all about getting to the ...

The valuable food fish -- Antarctic toothfish -- can be used as a bottom dredge with a large collection area. It makes no difference to the toothfish as the fish routinely swallows stones. The ...

Under pressure from boaters and cottage owners along the lower Susquehanna River, Exelon Energy has announced it will dredge a channel at the Peach Bottom Marina “as soon as possible.” The marina and ...

Trawlers use nets that are pulled through the water or along the bottom to capture fish. Credit: MaxPixel Fishing fleets around the world rely on nets towed along the bottom to capture fish. Roughly ...