When fishing gear is lost at sea during severe weather events, collisions or otherwise abandoned in the ocean, it can continue to bait and trap marine life that is never ...
Massachusetts has taken a significant step toward addressing the environmental threat of abandoned fishing gear, commonly known as "ghost gear," with passage of a new law that grants the state the ...
Fishing nets and other “ghost gear” left in the oceans have long been killing marine life. The university research team, in a report published in October, said discarded tires are also ...