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

Lost, discarded or abandoned fishing gear make up for 10 per cent of all marine litter Large amounts of fishing gear lost at sea or abandoned by fishers are hurting the marine environment ...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO and the UN Environment Program, UNEP have made a number or recommendations for tackling the problem of abandoned fishing gear lost at sea and which ...

has worked with local fishermen and coastal communities in Chile to remove nearly 15 million pounds of abandoned fishing gear from the ocean and upcycle that waste into new products. The abandoned ...

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

Ghost gear, or abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear, is typically removed from Cape Cod Bay, with more than 86 tons of ...

The Newcastle non-profit is taking on a 5-week mission to clean up abandoned fishing gear around Vinalhaven island.

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

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 ...

Studies at Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) reveal that abandoned fishing gear has been one of the biggest plastic polluters in Lake Victoria. The research shows that over ...