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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHENNAI: In a rare capture, a group of scuba divers have documented the adverse impacts of bottom trawling on reefs and Olive Ridley turtles. During a recreatio ...

To combat this, Chief Minister MK Stalin launched Tamil Nadu Fishnet Initiative Project, wherein Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has established an abandoned fishing net and other marine litter ...

In a forested region of Angola where a cliff separates the landscape, a new species of butterfly was discovered. /iStockphoto ...

The Ministry recently removed abandoned fishing nets from Simaisma Beach for families as part of its efforts to protect wildlife and maintain ecological balance. The Marine Protection Department ...