The total size of fishing nets lost or discarded in the ocean every single year is equal to the size of South Carolina, scientists have estimated. Designed to be durable and long-lasting, lost or ...

New legislation aims to phase out mile-long fishing nets off the California coast that have entangled and killed sea life, including endangered species, by the thousands over the past few decades. The ...

The report The Changing Nature of High Seas Fishing: how Flags of Convenience provide cover for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is the culmination of over a year of investigation and ...

An efficient and effective means of catching fish, a cast net is a circular net with a string of weights around the edge and a hand line in the center. Like the name suggests, it works by throwing the ...