According to the NOAA Marine Debris Program, “Ghost fishing occurs when lost or discarded fishing gear that is no longer under a fisherman’s control continues to trap and kill target species ...

The WWF refers to ghost gear as “the most deadly form of marine plastic debris.” The organization is pushing for measures to prevent the loss of fishing gear by designing equipment that is ...

Marine biologists diving in the Gulf of Thailand were thrilled in 2023 to rediscover several colonies of a rare type of ocean ...

January was filled with bitter cold conditions, but that didn't stop more than a dozen commercial fishing crews from getting out on the water to find lost fishing gear as part of a month-long clean-up ...

Marine debris from ships and other ocean-based sources-including trash and lost fishing gear-contributes to the spoiling of beaches, fouling of surface waters and the seafloor, and harm to marine ...

Brianna Simon, a conservation biologist and outreach supervisor for Pacific Whale Foundation, was on Sugar Beach in South ...

A new study from the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering (CSE) found it can use sensors to detect ...