You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

BOSTON — Abandoned fishing gear has posed problems for authorities ... for coastal communities that deal with this form of pollution when it washes ashore. The state Division of Marine Fisheries ...

New platform uses AI to detect where abandoned fishing gear is likely to be found on seabed floor, replacing time-consuming manual searching ...

Living in thatched huts and lacking basic equipment, these scientists were ... and someone steps on a fishing line hook that’s been discarded!” Joanie says. Plastic pollution is another critical focus ...

In the French part of the Bay of Biscay, one of Europe’s richest fishing grounds, thousands of dolphins die each year after becoming accidentally entangled in fishing nets. On average, around a ...

A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

US President Donald Trump reversed a target set by his predecessor Joe Biden to eliminate plastic straws across government ...

TNPCB establishes fishnet collection center at Kovalam to combat marine litter, expanding to all coastal districts in Tamil Nadu.

Ropes and fishing gear used in the fisheries and aquaculture industries are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and littering along the ...