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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
VINALHAVEN — A project to remove abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear, known as “ghost” gear, from the waters around Vinalhaven was awarded $199,364 in federal funds.
VINALHAVEN — A project to remove abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear, known as “ghost” gear, from the waters around Vinalhaven was awarded $199,364 in federal funds. The project also ...
When someone cuts lobster traps loose from their mooring, the traps become what's called "ghost gear," drifting in the ocean and continuing to trap lobster that nobody can harvest. What is ...