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

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 ...

'Ghost gear' piles up in the Gulf of Maine amid plastic onslaught on oceans Abandoned fishing gear, often called "ghost gear," is breaking down in our oceans and adding to the problems brought by ...

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 ...

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, ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The University of Rhode Island (URI) announced Tuesday that it has received a $2.5 million grant from Ørsted to address the “ghost gear” discovered near the Revolution ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) -- A group of volunteer scuba divers is on a mission to save our oceans from what they call "the silent threat of ghost gear." Recently, they embarked on a journey at the site ...

Greg Vespe has fished Rhode Island waters for 25 years and said he’ll cast his line for “whatever bites.” But more and more, as the 58-year-old angler reels in summer flounder, codfish, tautog, and ...

Teams of scientists and hobbyist scuba divers have assessed the extent of discarded fishing gear on Thailand’s marine wildlife, finding it poses a pervasive threat to a huge range of species.