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 ...

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 ...

But unsustainable practices litter the ocean with deadly traps that needlessly kill marine mammals, turtles, and seabirds. Abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear, commonly referred to as ghost ...

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 ...

Economic assessment of abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in the fishery sector of The Republic of Cyprus This report focuses on the Republic of Cyprus and builds upon ...

The 20 commercial fishermen and women hired for this year’s Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project headed out Wednesday to begin collecting crab pots from the northeastern and central coasts. In its 11th ...

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 ...

The Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative® (GGGI) and The Bumble Bee Seafood Company announced a partnership on February 24 that aims to reduce abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear, ...

The North Carolina Coastal Federation’s annual Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project is underway, with the support of 20 commercial fishermen and women working to find and recover lost crab pots.