fishing with nets in areas where bottom-traps that can entangle them are already deployed. The main impacts of abandoned or lost fishing gear are: continued catches of fish -- known as “ghost ...

"This collaboration with the NBA provides us with an incredible opportunity to combat one of the greatest threats to our oceans: abandoned fishing nets, also known as 'ghost nets,'" WSL President ...

While any discarded plastic is a threat to marine environments the most harmful type are discarded fishing nets. Once abandoned, they lie just below the surface and create huge risks for all types ...

A ghost net with the skeletons of fish still tangled in its webbing Photograph by National Geographic Ghost gear - lost and abandoned fishing nets and other fisheries equipment - accounts for ...

Fishermen drag dead nets that were recovered from Lake Victoria during a past cleanup exercise. [Antony Gitonga, Standard] Abandoned fishing nets and thousands of plastic bottles are common on the ...

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC), represented by the Marine Protection Department, continued its effo ...

Cemex and the Panamanian Authority of Aquatic Resources (ARAP), with Audubon Americas as a facilitating partner, are working ...

The ghost nets, abandoned fishing nets that continue to trap and kill aquatic life long after they are discarded, have been a major problem in Lake Kariba, threatening the livelihoods of fishermen ...

KUWAIT CITY, March 25: The Kuwaiti Diving Team, affiliated with the Environmental Voluntary Foundation, successfully removed three abandoned fishing nets, each weighing two tons, from Kuwait Bay. In ...

To protect the marine environment, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change's (MoECC) Marine Protection Department has removed abandoned fishing nets that were stuck to some coral reef areas ...