commercial fishermen conducted more than 690 ghost gear seizures, with the objects taken ashore either for reuse or recycling.

WASHINGTON — To get a delicious piece of shrimp, lobster, fish or crab, fisherman usually put down a net or cage to catch the seafood. Sometimes, those nets and crab pots get lost or abandoned at sea, ...

A recent investigation by Barstow Police included the arrest of a man on suspicion of possessing unregistered firearms and ghost gun manufacturing equipment. Barstow Police reported that at around ...

Federal funding is backing efforts to remove abandoned fishing gear, known as "ghost gear," from oceans in Florida, Alaska and California. Ghost gear, which includes discarded fishing equipment, poses ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — A new business in town wants to make Lynchburg the ghost-hunting and paranormal data collection center of the world. GhostStop, a business that makes and sells ghost-hunting ...

Industrial fishing has been in hot water with the public for the last few years, with popular documentaries and exposés pointing out the devastating impacts of poor stewardship on the ocean. This ...

Fishing gear is the most prevalent pollution in the oceans. It makes up nearly 50% of the floating garbage in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and 10% of all marine litter. Most of the ghost gear is ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WPRI) — Abandoned fishing equipment, also called “ghost gear,” has been plaguing Narragansett Bay for decades. That’s why the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation kick-started ...

NORWICH, Conn. (WTNH) — Norwich police say they seized several ghost rifles, high-capacity magazines, and gun-making equipment after a victim called authorities and told police the suspect allegedly ...