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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Derelict fishing nets and traps can continue to ghost-fish for years once they are lost under the water’s surface. Storms, ship traffic, and interactions with other types of fishing gear are the ...

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 ...

Indigenous ranger groups are using drones and artificial intelligence to help find and remove ghost nets and debris from Northern Territory beaches. Some rangers would like more funding and ...

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 ...