A new four-year study from Ireland's national Marine Institute highlights the particular problem the nets are causing in Ireland. Legally protected seals, for instance, are regularly caught in this ...

Hundreds of dolphins die in fishing nets every year. How adding this one thing to nets s could help save them ...

Jellyfish are largely misunderstood as a brainless, stinging nuisance that often fall victim as bycatch in net fisheries. Yet, these ancient, translucent creatures are an excellent source of pure ...

Researchers from U.S. and fishers from Mexico’s Gulf of California have developed solar-powered LED buoys that attach to gill nets to help reduce sea turtle bycatch by 63%. The floating devices ...