Researchers at Arizona State University collaborated with coastal gillnet fishers to develop solar-powered, net-illuminating gear that is highly effective at preventing sea turtles from entanglement ...
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‘Ghost Gear,’ or Abandoned Fishing Equipment, Is Haunting the Oceans. Here’s How Conservationists Are Fighting Back
Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are ...
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 ...
Sea turtles get battered by boats, caught in fishing nets, choked by trash. Climate change is threatening their habitat, ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Scientists are testing a new way to keep fishing nets from catching sea turtles. Some studies show that attaching simple LED lights to nets reduces the amount of turtles ...
Illegal fishing is ravaging the world's oceans of fish and shellfish but it is what is left behind that is creating a mess ...
To us she’s a supermodel, but to sea turtles she’s a superhero. Gisele Bündchen saved a sea turtle’s life after finding it had been washed ashore upside down while trapped inside a fishing net. The ...
Northern Israeli diver, who rescued two sea turtles injured by abandoned fishing line this year, reports uptick in fishing ...
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Conservation group rescues sea turtles caught in nets at Nigerian coastal city and rewards fishermen
Conservationists and students were cheering as three rescued sea turtles made their way back into the ocean at a private ...
Ending years of controversy and debate, Gov. Jerry Brown late Thursday signed a new law phasing out the use of giant ocean fishing nets used to catch swordfish, but blamed for accidentally killing sea ...
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