The floating islands, composed of water hyacinth and other aquatic plants, are sweeping away fishing nets, blocking landing sites, and destroying fish breeding grounds. Over 30 fishermen have ...

Free floating fishing nets kill marine mammals, turtles and sea birds Free floating fishing nets kill marine mammals, turtles and sea birds NOAA scientists battle ocean ‘ghostnets’ using ...

The way most fish farms work--jam a lot of fish together in a tight net that’s anchored in one place--isn’t good for the fish or the environment. But these giant drifting balls of fish might ...

Dutch-owned trawler FV Margiris, the world's second-biggest fishing vessel, shed over 100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic Ocean off France, forming a floating carpet of carcasses that ...

Kilometre-long 'ghost' nets left by foreign fishing vessels slammed as 'industrial killing machines' floating off Australia's coasts. Fishing nets labelled major threat ...

According to Mr. Yemi Mofikoya, a staff of Vitafoam, promoters of Vitafoam floating fish cage system, aqua-culture is playing an increasingly important role in world fish production, pointing out ...

Plans for giant floating offshore wind farms threaten to destroy Scotland’s fishing industry, SNP and Labour ministers have been warned. Elspeth Macdonald, the chief executive of the Scottish ...