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‘Ghost Gear,’ or Abandoned Fishing Equipment, Is Haunting the Oceans. Here’s How Conservationists Are Fighting Back
Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are ...
A Hawaii ocean research center has collaborated with NOAA to fund the bounties. Those who make their living out on the open ocean now have the opportunity to partake in a side hustle that ...
You've no doubt heard about the horrors of lost commercial fishing nets, which drift through the ocean killing a multitude of sea creatures. Well, the Farallon Buoy is designed to help, by allowing ...
Another tense showdown could be in the works between recreational fisherman and those who make a living on the waters off the ...
CAN SAVING SALMON be as simple as filling in a circle on next November’s ballot? Sports fishers collecting signatures for an initiative to ban non-Indian commercial fishing nets in Washington think so ...
The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted ...
Volunteer divers spent time this week near a sunken pre-World War II destroyer, retrieving commercial fishing nets 150 feet under the sea off the coast of San Pedro as part of an international effort ...
Lost and abandoned fishing nets, which have killed millions of sea creatures in Puget Sound, still lurk in deeper, darker waters, where they continue to catch fish and crabs. But the quiet, ...
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The latest Great Lakes Fishing Decree has taken effect, and its guidelines for certain Great Lakes fisheries in Michigan will be in place for the next 24 years. The decree was ...
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