Teams will be looking for the abandoned fishing gear in Bay, Boston Harbor and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

To illustrate the importance of small-scale fishing and to highlight the damage that lost and abandoned fishing gear can have ...

Gill nets, fishing pots and traps are most likely to “ghost fish,” while long-lines are more likely to ensnare other marine organisms and trawls most likely to damage sub-sea habitats.

The Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown will soon conduct surveys for and remove abandoned, lost or discarded fishing ...

The unusual discovery of a ghost net — a lost or dumped fishing net drifting through the ocean — washed up near Albany sparks concern for the nets' impact on local marine life.

Over the weekend, authorities recovered the body of a missing kayaker in South Carolina’s Lake Marion without his PFD on.

Once home to 2,000 people, a fishing village in remote China now stands completely empty after its residents started to leave ...

Seven justices joined the opinion, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, upholding the regulations. Two justices, Clarence Thomas ...

A so-called ghost net has been found washed up along Western Australia's southern coast. The dumped or lost fishing nets are generally found off Australia's northern coast and pose a risk to ...

Dock Totals 3/16 – 3/22: 947 anglers aboard 35 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 15 ...

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