According to the NOAA Marine Debris Program, “Ghost fishing occurs when lost or discarded fishing gear that is no longer under a fisherman’s control continues to trap and kill target species ...

Marine biologists diving in the Gulf of Thailand were thrilled in 2023 to rediscover several colonies of a rare type of ocean ...

Crew members of the Hawaiian Adventures Kona vessel Artemis recover a ghost net from waters off the Kona Coast on Feb. 6 during a whale watching tour. (Photo Courtesy: Hawaiian Adventures Kona) ...

Brianna Simon, a conservation biologist and outreach supervisor for Pacific Whale Foundation, was on Sugar Beach in South ...

With winter storms coming thick and fast, the North Devon Coast National Landscape team headed to the coast in late December to remove a large amount of washed-up fishing gear. The team was joined ...

As nearly 500,000 Minnesotans gear up to go fishing this weekend, Gov. Mark Dayton is getting ready to host Minnesota’s 68th Annual Governor’s Fishing Opener at Lake Vermilion in ...