A brother-and-sister team in Spain started a sustainable business model recycling old and damaged nets into stadium seating ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Abandoned fishing nets are a major threat to marine life around the world, and one of the biggest companies on Earth is working to fix the problem. Microsoft developed an artificial intelligence tool ...

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 ...

What started as a feel-good rescue story has taken a heartbreaking turn after a young seal's life was cut short by plastic fishing gear, according to Need To Know. Carrom, a young gray seal rescued by ...

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 ...