The Coalition of Rescue Support Groups in Zamfara has lauded Governor Dauda Lawal for fishing out and removing from the state ...

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.

Photograph by National Geographic Wilson runs Ghost Fishing New Zealand (GFNZ), a Wellington based volunteer organization that’s dedicated to removing ghost gear and other debris from coastal ...

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

This is what known as ‘ghost fishing’ which involves the swimming nets catching fish and diminishing some species. Others die even as the nets destroy breeding habitats for fish when the nets ...

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

"This collaboration with the NBA provides us with an incredible opportunity to combat one of the greatest threats to our oceans: abandoned fishing nets, also known as 'ghost nets,'" WSL President ...

Fishing nets and other “ghost gear” left in the oceans have long been killing marine life. The university research team, in a report published in October, said discarded tires are also ...

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 ...