Bush Seeks Ban on Destructive Fishing

October 3, 2006

(AP) -- President Bush called for a halt to all types of destructive fishing on the high seas Tuesday, saying the United States will work to eliminate practices such as bottom trawling that devastate fish populations and the ocean floor.

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