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.

Volunteer divers gear up to inspect a reported ghost net off the coast of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. Photograph by National Geographic Wilson runs Ghost Fishing New Zealand (GFNZ), a ...

Tonnes of abandoned fishing gear left in the sea and on beaches is endangering marine life, a charity has said. Diver Stephen ...

Dr Neasham is confident the endeavour will do away with the "epidemic" of ghost nets. "We should be expecting 90% of lost fishing gear to be recovered in the developed world over the next 10 years ...

Some of it entangles and kills wildlife at sea and on shore. Conservationists call it "ghost gear". It includes fishing nets, long lines, fish traps and lobster pots left drifting at sea usually ...

"Ghost fishing" happens when the ghost gear continues to trap seafood and marine life, but there's no fisherman to pull it up.

Tioman Island Marine Park in Malaysia, renowned for its coral reefs and vibrant marine life, is facing a silent but potent threat: ghost nets. These lost or abandoned fishing nets are typically ...

Fishing nets and other “ghost gear” left in the oceans have long been killing marine life. The university research team, in a report published in October, said discarded tires are also ...

Dr Nyamweya says that ‘ghost fishing’ is a problem that goes “unnoticed since fishermen do not come back and report that they have lost a gear or part of nets.” Unlike plastic bags ...

According to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the UN Environment Programme, "ghost nets" — abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear in the ...

Tonnes of abandoned fishing gear left in the sea and on beaches ... Planet UK removed two tonnes of abandoned or lost "ghost" fishing nets, line and rope from the sea between Hartlepool and ...