SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (Border Report) — Dozens of sea turtles have been killed recently off South Texas waters due to gill-netting — a fishing practice that is illegal in U.S. waters of the Gulf ...

This is the dramatic moment marine rescuers saved a turtle trapped in a fishing net at sea. The Pattaya Marine Disaster ...

More than 100 olive ridley turtles were found dead in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar Beach in the last few weeks. Conservationists blame the uncontrolled use of fishing nets and increased tourism during the ...

The loggerhead sea turtle taken in by the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Photo courtesy the aquarium Large-mesh drift gillnet fishing has been temporarily banned in a loggerhead turtle conservation area ...

SAN DIEGO (CN) — After temporarily prohibiting large-mesh drift gillnet fishing to protect migrating threatened loggerhead sea turtles in waters off the coast of Southern California in May, the ...

SAN DIEGO (CN) — In an effort to protect endangered loggerhead sea turtles, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced on Thursday that fishing with large-mesh drift gillnets will be prohibited ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Conservationists and students cheered as three rescued sea turtles, endangered in this part of the world, made their way back into the ocean at a private beach in Nigeria’s ...

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 ...

An April 17 executive order from the White House allows commercial fishing to resume in the waters near the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument Getty On April 17, President Donald Trump ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear, commonly called “ghost nets,” continue to trap and kill marine animals such as sea turtles, dolphins and ...

Conservationists and students were cheering as three rescued sea turtles made their way back into the ocean at a beach in Lagos, Nigeria. Weeks after the turtles were rescued from fishermen, they were ...