Public awareness is critical. Researchers discover 'hotspots' of dangerous issue in fishing industry: 'Not every fisherman is ...

Hello, I'm John, a Sheffield-born angler who has now been living in Surrey for over half my life. The Magic of Fishing ...

A protected bird was found dead in an eastern Kansas lake after getting caught in a fishing line, according to The Lawrence ...

Ghost gear is one of the largest sources of plastic pollution in the ocean, making up an estimated 70-90% of the plastic in offshore garbage patches.

Crews searching off Cape Cod for a missing fishing vessel two days overdue have located a sunken vessel.

A new AI tool has been developed to identify and locate abandoned fishing nets, known as ghost nets, using advanced underwater imaging technology.

Abandoned fishing gear posed problems for authorities wishing to clear it from state waters and shorelines, but new legislation will make it easier.

"Ghost gear" is any discarded, lost, or abandoned, fishing gear in oceans, lakes, rivers and bays. This gear continues to fish and trap marine life.

RI ENVIRONMENT ‘Ghost gear’ haunts R.I. waters, harming marine life and the environment The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation, the University of Rhode Island, and others are working to ...

Ghost fishing gear is the deadliest form of marine plastic as it unselectively catches wildlife, entangling marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles, and sharks, subjecting them to a slow and painful ...

Yet still active, they perpetuate a dangerous trend for marine life: ghost fishing. Ghost fishing isn’t a supernatural phenomenon. It is a problem created by humans. It is the result of fishermen ...