Derelict fishing nets and traps can continue to ghost-fish ... These areas are closed to fixed fishing gear during the right whale closure season. Abandoned gear with vertical lines pose a serious ...

used in non-specialised fishing in the Danube delta. The fixed nets with larger mesh sizes are a major threat to marine mammals (mostly harbour porpoises). Dolphins and sturgeons are victims of the ...

UOZU, Toyama Prefecture--When Taku Suganuma hauled up his fixed fishing net off the coast of Imizu, he made a catch of the day that he had never seen before. The strange fish had a unique face ...