Canada continues to tout itself as a “world leader” in tackling ghost gear — discarded nets, traps, ropes and other fishing equipment that's known to harm marine life — even though funding for the ...
Federal data collected over four years have shown that derelict fishing gear is an underestimated threat. Some experts say it ...
A “shocking” amount of marine life is being ensnared in abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear adrift in Canada’s oceans, internal federal data reveals.