Gill nets, fishing pots and traps are most likely to “ghost fish,” while long-lines are more likely to ensnare other marine organisms and trawls most likely to damage sub-sea habitats.

The statistics are chilling—ghost nets are responsible for the demise of an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 marine creatures annually. Sharks, the apex predators of the ocean, fall victim to these ...

His buddies are already in the water - two free divers who’ll stay at surface level and keep an eye on things, and two scuba divers who’ll help him recover the ghost net that descends like a ...

The seal was spotted tangled in a lost fishing net, also known as ghost nets Campaigners are warning about the dangers of abandoned and lost fishing nets after a seal was found dead. Cornwall ...

Udupi: Over the past two years, approximately 10 tonnes of ghost nets have been retrieved between Udupi and Karwar coasts as part of an ongoing retrieval project undertaken by ReefWatch Marine ...

When a fishing net gets lost at sea, or is dumped into the ocean, it becomes a “ghost net” – a danger for everything that lives in the water. Ghost Net Hunter (GNH) is a volunteer ...

They’re the local chapter of a global mission to clean up ghost nets — abandoned, lost or discarded fishing nets floating through the ocean. The nets often kill marine life that gets caught up ...