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 ...

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 ...

The Fisheries Department has removed abandoned fishing nets, commonly known as ghost nets, from the Dolphin Wreck dive site ...

Volunteer scuba divers are clearing "ghost nets" caught on a shipwreck off the coast of San Pedro. We got on the boat with them to learn more. Why it matters: Ghost nets are abandoned, lost or ...

The reminder was made following two separate reports related to the discovery of ghost nets by Oceanic Quest Sendirian Berhad at the Dolphin Wreck diving area. The first discovery was reported last ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) -- Healthy Seas, a nonprofit that works to remove waste from the seas, recently teamed up with divers who can remove lost fishing gear and other debris to clean up a location ...

BOSTON — Abandoned fishing gear has posed problems for authorities wishing to clear it from state waters and shorelines for decades, but new legislation is aimed at making that task easier. An ...

In the crystal blue ocean off the coast of Greece, some people relax in the warm water, while others fight tirelessly to protect it. The “others” in this case are the volunteers behind Aegean Rebreath ...

The Australian Marine Conservation Society, Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation, OceanEarth Foundation and Sea Shepherd Australia welcome the Australian ...

Rob Wilson checks his dive watch and stands up in his cumbersome dry suit, twin oxygen tanks strapped to his back. His buddies are already in the water - two free divers who’ll stay at surface level ...

When fishermen set out into the ocean, they often return to shore without their nets. Sometimes, pieces of their nets get lost. Sometimes, they choose to abandon them because them because they’re torn ...