Public awareness is critical. Researchers discover 'hotspots' of dangerous issue in fishing industry: 'Not every fisherman is ...

"Recovery can be slow and difficult." Scientists raise red flag after uncovering overlooked threat lurking in ocean waters: 'Livelihoods suffer' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Fishing nets left behind in the sea twist and tangle, trapping fish and killing dolphins, sea lions, and other marine mammals. Ghost Fishing, a global network of highly skilled volunteer divers, is ...

In a mission to clean up trash floating in the ocean, environmentalists pulled 40 tons of abandoned fishing nets this month from an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Mariners on a 140 ...

When fishermen set out into the ocean, they often return to shore without their nets. Sometimes, pieces of their nets get lost. Sometimes, they choose to abandon them because them because they ...

The “Untangled Collection” from sunglasses brand Costa use recycled nets from fishing operations off the Chilean coast. The glasses debuted at Outdoor Retailer this week in downtown Den… ...

Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...

One of the many threats facing sea turtles, all species of which are categorized as threatened, is net fishing. Turtles can unwittingly become scooped up in fishing nets as bycatch. Now, a team of ...