Your high-performance outerwear might be made from old fishing nets. The ocean is brimming with trash. This much we know already. Each year, an estimated 5 to 12 million metric tons of plastic enter ...

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 ...

Kyle de Bouter holds up a pair of Patagonia board shorts made of recycled fishing nets, smiling as workers nearby slice old nylon nets to stack into seven-foot square, one-ton bales. “This is 100% ...

Shopping for a fly angler? A Fishpond net and Cling thermometer are durable, good-looking gifts that get used—and help ...

When he had his chance, Cuban-born net maker Miguel Sanchez escaped his home country, jumping from a Cuban fishing boat aboard a ship heading to Canada. The young law student escaped to start a new ...

Ludvig Ramestam realized something had changed in Ukraine when people on the ground facing the Russian invasion began urgently requesting more fishing nets from his native Sweden. In 2022, the ...

The Fisheries Department has removed abandoned fishing nets, commonly known as ghost nets, from the Dolphin Wreck dive site ...