PHANGNGA - Divers have recovered abandoned fish aggregating devices (FADs) tangled around deep‑sea coral reefs, preventing serious harm to marine life including turtles, dolphins and dugongs in Mu Ko ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) -- Healthy Seas, a nonprofit that works to remove waste from the seas, recently teamed up with divers who can remove lost fishing gear and other debris to clean up a location ...

In Sri Lankan waters, there’s a growing problem of ghost nets that are entangling sea turtles, fish, dolphins and seabirds, reports contributor Malaka Rodrigo for Mongabay. “Ghost nets” are fishing ...

Local fishers have warned of a “huge” ghost net off Double Island threatening wildlife and presenting a hazard for boaties as they work with an environmental group to tag the net for authorities to ...

From beaches across Mexico, groups of women in diving gear who call themselves sirenas, or mermaids, are taking on the ocean’s ghosts. Starting their days at 6 a.m., they search for and remove one of ...

SAPIENTZA ISLAND, Greece, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Divers off the coast of Sapientza Island in southern Greece have launched a determined effort to remove "ghost nets" — abandoned fishing gear that silently ...

When Etiqa Life Insurance employee Audrey Soh was put in charge of the company's corporate social responsibility program, she expected to fill the docket with visible, photogenic initiatives. Cleaning ...

Colva: To combat marine pollution along Goa’s coastline, professional divers Levito Rodrigues, Hari Krishnan and Elias ...

Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are tackling the problem creatively through education, prevention, ocean cleanups ...

Volunteer divers from the environmental group Aegean Rebreath use lift bags to raise a fish-farming net from the seabed during an underwater cleanup off the islet of Sapientza, near Methoni, in ...