Commercial fishing is draining our oceans of life. Trawlers are catching fish faster than stocks can replenish, while dolphins and turtles are also snared in their huge nets.

Commercial fishermen offered bounty to collect derelict fishing nets near Hawaii's shores. A Hawaii ocean research center has collaborated with NOAA to fund the bounties.

Members of the commercial fishing fleet dropped off a total of 1,194kg of items including nets, ropes, plastic pots and fish ...

Commercial fishing nets that drag the sea floor will be banned near the Aleutian Islands under a government plan to protect the deep-water corals and sponges. Skip to content.

RIDGEFIELD, Wash. -- Vern Forsberg and Mark Huettl move up and down the beach of Bachelor Island, pulling and tugging a 900-foot-long fishing net to shore. Nothing is visible until the beach seine ...

The sales records indicate fishermen have been buying net materials back for a fraction of the price the state paid for them. One buyer was Ronald Stone, who sold 10,700 yards of nets to the state ...

Commercial fishing is draining our oceans of life, with trawlers catching fish faster than stocks can replenish. The European Union is hoping that smart technology can help fix the problem.