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.

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 ...

"This collaboration with the NBA provides us with an incredible opportunity to combat one of the greatest threats to our oceans: abandoned fishing nets, also known as 'ghost nets,'" WSL President ...

The forest department has recovered 150kg of “ghost nets” from a tributary of the Padma in Murshidabad, where gharial babies died last month after being trapped in such nets discarded by fishermen. At ...

"Under the project, conservationists have rescued and released multiple migratory birds trapped in ghost nets — fine nets that are hard to spot — across a vast area," said Soumitra Roy of BAN ...

SEVEN tonnes of ghost nets have been retrieved from Lake Kariba, marking a significant milestone in the fight against plastic pollution in Zimbabwe’s water bodies. The ghost nets, abandoned ...

Crocodiles, pythons, turtles and manatees threatened by ghost nets In the Nyanga Basin area in Gabon, there are several threatened freshwater species such as African crocodiles (slender snouted ...