The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

Ropes and fishing gear used in the fisheries and aquaculture industries are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and littering along the ...

A recycling scheme that sorts fishing equipment for reuse has been renewed for another three years. Ports of Jersey (PoJ) ...

Hampiðjan hf. has signed today, few minutes ago, an agreement to acquire a 75.1% stake in the Indian net and rope manufacturing company Kohinoor Ropes Pvt. Ltd.. Various formalities remain to be ...

These entanglements can involve creel fishing gear or ghost gear - rope and nets that have been lost or abandoned by fishing boats. A sperm whale that died after stranding on the Isle of Harris in ...