IISc researchers recycle fishing nets into 3D printing filament by introducing a chemical cross-linker (melamine) into the ...

State of calamity declared in 13 coastal barangays Fishing has been banned in 13 coastal barangays in Bais City, Negros Oriental after a containment dike ...

Kerala: Months after the MSC Elsa 3 capsized off Kerala’s coast, local fishermen remain uncompensated. The disaster exposed ...

Once used to scoop fish from the sea off the coast of France, recycled fishing nets are finding new life in Ukraine to ...

Divers off the coast of Sapientza Island in southern Greece have launched a determined effort to remove "ghost nets" — abandoned fishing gear that silently strangles marine ecosystems.

Thousands of at-risk manta and devil rays become accidental bycatch in tuna fishing nets every year. A simple sorting grid could help save them.

Marine rescuers saved the life of a young seal after it became entangled in a discarded fishing net. BDMLR Marine Mammal Medics rescued a young gray seal in west Cornwall, which was entangled in a ...

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Enter solar-powered light buoys. A team from Arizona State University recently worked with coastal gillnet fishers in Mexico to develop lights that charge with the sun and function like buoys. The LED ...

Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short-lived, expensive to replace and raise ...

While sailing along Greenland’s southern coast, the crew struck an unseen fishing net drifting below the surface — a routine passage suddenly became an urgent effort to free the boat before the ...