He steadies himself then giant-strides into the cold Southern Ocean water. Volunteer divers gear up to inspect a reported ghost net off the coast of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. Photograph by ...

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

The term describes dumped or lost fishing nets left to drift through the ocean, entangling and otherwise endangering any marine life that encounters it. While most ghost nets are found along ...