Ghost gear — lost or abandoned fishing gear — is a major problem in our oceans, but renewed efforts are underway to clean it up It’s estimated that some eight million metric tons of plastic waste ...

If a manatee is spotted near a dock or from shore, don't feed them or spray them with a hose. While the animals might seem to appreciate that, it can habituate them to people, and that can have ...

Meanwhile, members of the Petty Harbour Fishermen's Co-op found a dead whale entangled in rope from abandoned crab pots while they were retrieving ghost gear on Saturday.<br><br>"We think it was ...

One old gillnet, piles of bones from dead sea creatures: B.C. group targets dangers of marine 'ghost gear' Lost fishing gear makes up an estimated 70 to 90 per cent of plastic waste polluting the ...

Of the gear types considered in the surveys, purse seines racked up the highest numbers with over 75,000 square kilometres of nets lost each year — an area more than three times the size of Vermont.

Gear tampering in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region off P.E.I. is more common than it used to be, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans — and the environmental cost can be high.

One old gillnet, piles of bones: B.C. group targets dangers of marine 'ghost gear' Lost fishing gear makes up an estimated 70 to 90 per cent of plastic waste polluting the world’s oceans.

The Ghost Gear Program was launched in 2019, and included the $8.3 million Ghost Gear Fund. Budget 2021 announced an additional $10 million in funding for the program for 2021-2022.