WASHINGTON — To get a delicious piece of shrimp, lobster, fish or crab, fisherman usually put down a net or cage to catch the seafood. Sometimes, those nets and crab pots get lost or abandoned at sea, ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) -- A group of volunteer scuba divers is on a mission to save our oceans from what they call "the silent threat of ghost gear." Recently, they embarked on a journey at the site ...

An entangled dolphin calf swims next to its mother off Port Aransas, TX. As spring breakers gather along the Texas coast for vacation and more people cast their fishing lines into the water, marine ...

When we think of plastic pollution in the ocean, we might think of discarded bottles and other litter, or even microplastics like nurdles. But one of the major components of this plastic problem is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts has taken a significant step toward addressing the environmental threat of abandoned fishing gear, commonly known as ...

BOSTON — Abandoned fishing gear has posed problems for authorities wishing to clear it from state waters and shorelines for decades, but new legislation is aimed at making that task easier. An ...

Teams of scientists and hobbyist scuba divers have assessed the extent of discarded fishing gear on Thailand’s marine wildlife, finding it poses a pervasive threat to a huge range of species.