Once used to scoop fish from the sea off the coast of France, recycled fishing nets are finding new life in Ukraine to ...

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) describes a rapid method to recycle a commonly used plastic while preserving its desirable ...

Australian scientists have noticed a troubling rise in the number of whales caught and tangled in ropes, nets and fishing ...

A skipper will replace his nylon fishing net every 6 months, says Ian Falconer, and most of the time they're buried in a ...

A scuba diver captured the moment that he freed a trapped turtle from a mass of fishing nets. Rohan Burger, has recorded the moment that he leapt to action upon seeing a struggling turtle tangled in ...

Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to ...

Enter solar-powered light buoys. A team from Arizona State University recently worked with coastal gillnet fishers in Mexico ...

Nylon nets are only used for six months and many end up polluting our seas and coasts. Now they go from Cornwall to the likes ...

A video circulating widely on Facebook in Ethiopia claims to show an alien creature that was captured in fishing nets after ...

In Sri Lankan waters, there’s a growing problem of ghost nets that are entangling sea turtles, fish, dolphins and seabirds, ...

Solar-powered lights on fishing nets are cutting sea turtle bycatch by 63%—a simple fix that helps both ocean life and ...

Divers off the coast of Sapientza Island in southern Greece have launched a determined effort to remove "ghost nets" — abandoned fishing gear that silently strangles marine ecosystems.