Every year, ghosts kill an estimated 630,000 spiny lobsters in the waters around the Florida Keys. No, there’s no ectoplasm involved. The ghosts are what is known as "ghost gear"—derelict lobster ...

Federal data collected over four years have shown that derelict fishing gear is an underestimated threat. Some experts say it ...

WASHINGTON — To get a delicious piece of shrimp, lobster, fish or crab, fisherman usually put down a net or cage to catch the seafood. Sometimes, those nets and crab pots get lost or abandoned at sea, ...

Industrial fishing has been in hot water with the public for the last few years, with popular documentaries and exposés pointing out the devastating impacts of poor stewardship on the ocean. This ...

A bounty of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear was unloaded at MacMillan Pier in Provincetown Tuesday afternoon. Known as ghost gear, the equipment was recovered in and around Provincetown ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WPRI) — Abandoned fishing equipment, also called “ghost gear,” has been plaguing Narragansett Bay for decades. That’s why the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation kick-started ...

Federal funding is backing efforts to remove abandoned fishing gear, known as "ghost gear," from oceans in Florida, Alaska and California. Ghost gear, which includes discarded fishing equipment, poses ...

The past few months have shown us just how devastating ocean plastics can be to marine life, causing many of us, including the Queen, to wage war on plastics such as straws, microbeads, and carrier ...

Sometimes when you hold a contest, you get more than you bargained for. Like one held recently by the Ocean Conservancy, seeking images showing the beauty and wonder of the ocean. Plenty of photos ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The tools of the fishermen's trade are what make it possible for them to harvest the 170 billion pounds of seafood that the world feasts on each year. When the items — nets, lines ...