Volunteer divers spent time this week near a sunken pre-World War II destroyer, retrieving commercial fishing nets 150 feet under the sea off the coast of San Pedro as part of an international effort ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts has taken a significant step toward addressing the environmental threat of abandoned fishing gear, commonly known as ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) -- A group of volunteer scuba divers is on a mission to save our oceans from what they call "the silent threat of ghost gear." Recently, they embarked on a journey at the site ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. On a recent and very foggy morning, I met the small team of Ghost Diving USA at the 22nd Street landing in San ...

HONOLULU (AP) — “Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific's currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of what they kill. Lost or discarded ...

From beaches across Mexico, groups of women in diving gear who call themselves sirenas, or mermaids, are taking on the ocean’s ghosts. Starting their days at 6 a.m., they search for and remove one of ...

COLOMBO —Galle Face Beach in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital, Colombo, is a popular spot among city dwellers, watched over by lifeguards assigned by the coast guard unit of the Sri Lanka Navy. But one ...

“Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific’s currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of what they kill. Lost or discarded at sea, ...

HONOLULU — “Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific’s currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of what they kill. Lost or discarded at ...