Lost, discarded or abandoned fishing gear make up for 10 per cent of all marine litter Large amounts of fishing gear lost at sea or abandoned by fishers are hurting the marine environment ...

By Carolyn Cowan Marine biologists diving in the Gulf of Thailand were thrilled in 2023 to rediscover several colonies of a rare type of ocean sponge once thought to be extinct in the wild. But their ...

Fisherman Stranded on the Pacific Ocean Spent 438 Days Floating ... The engine gave up, and the duo lost their radio and ...

According to the NOAA Marine Debris Program, “Ghost fishing occurs when lost or discarded fishing gear that is no longer ... clutters and pollutes the ocean floor, and presents ongoing problems ...

He described the debris along the beach as survival suits and long-line fishing gear such as buoys and line markers. Some of the debris included markings from the Wind Walker. The men whose bodies ...