Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...

Ghost nets—often discarded by fishing trawlers—are one of the biggest threats to marine life. Strong ocean currents can carry ghost nets over long distances, eventually washing them ashore.

Ending years of controversy and debate, Gov. Jerry Brown late Thursday signed a new law phasing out the use of giant ocean fishing nets used to catch swordfish, but blamed for accidentally killing ...

The legislation could be taken up again in the future. Lawmakers shoot down ban on controversial fishing practice after ...

In the short span of just over a decade, Bureo, a small company based in Ventura, CA, has worked with local fishermen and coastal communities in Chile to remove nearly 15 million pounds of ...

A new competition was launched to develop innovative tools that can be used to cut and remove derelict fishing nets from the ...

In fishing communities from Japan to Ecuador to Argentina, old nets were burned, tossed into landfills, or thrown overboard into the sea because there was no good option for what to do with them.

Like its predecessor, Seaspiracy, David Attenborough’s new movie, Ocean, is something of a media super trawler, harvesting ...

“Deep-sea trawlers are to be blamed for the use of fine mesh nets, rampant overfishing, increasing number of boats, destructive fishing techniques, and the disregard for seasonal restrictions.

Amidst an excited crowd, 17 endangered and threatened sea turtles were released into the refreshing waters off Cape Cod ...

One of last summer’s strandings — a 7-foot-3-inch fish in Gearhart — proved to be a rare hoodwinker sunfish, Mola tecta. New ...