Abandoned fishing gear can "ghost fish," or trap and kill ocean animals that are never harvested. It's also costly - and legally murky - to clean up.

“Ghost fishing occurs when lost or discarded fishing gear that is no longer under a fisherman’s control continues to trap and kill target species like fish and crustaceans, and non-target ...

A EUSTON man has escaped a jail term for using prohibited traps to illegally catch fish in the Murray River. Raymond John ...

The more than 7,000-year-old fishing traps are made from willow withies woven around wooden stakes to create a V-shaped fence in the bed of a former river channel. Experts from the university ...