Abandoned fishing gear can "ghost fish," or trap and kill ocean animals that are never harvested. It's also costly - and ...

This phenomenon is what fishermen refer to as “ghost gear.” In a phone interview with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Marina Petrovic, the assistant director of fisheries resource ...

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 ...

Federal funding is backing efforts to remove abandoned fishing gear, known as "ghost gear," from oceans in Florida, Alaska ...

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 ...