The University of Haifa recently won a global sustainable fishing contest for developing underwater robots that help prevent overfishing and harm to marine ecosystems. The project, led by Prof. Roee ...

Underwater clean-up event at Venice Fishing Pier set for Oct. 18 VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - The Suncoast Reef Rovers’ annual ...

They’re the local chapter of a global mission to clean up ghost nets — abandoned, lost or discarded fishing nets floating through the ocean. The nets often kill marine life that gets caught up in them ...

Scientists suggest that installing underwater sound devices (”pingers”) on fishing nets could deter harbor porpoises - and maybe even other small cetaceans - from coming near them. Another strategy is ...

Long-term study shows that ocean floors and marine life can recover from marine trawling damage, but warming waters pose new ...

Bottom trawling, where weighted nets are dragged along the seabed to catch fish, has been banned in Bognor and in 117 square ...

Researchers at UJI are testing a nationally acclaimed robot fish in underwater communication experiments to improve safety in ...

Volunteers discovered a gruesome scene of trapped, deceased wildlife in a large mess of abandoned fishing nets and fishing gear underwater at the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park in Plymouth, ...

While ocean-based fish farms do help take pressure off of wild stocks, they have eco-unfriendly drawbacks of their own. A new underwater robot is being designed to address that situation, by ...