ghost gear

A nonprofit serves as a training ground for high schoolers and others wanting to learn to scuba dive — and is trying to make a dent in Maine's ghost gear problem, one abandoned trap at a time.

They'll join forces as the New England Regional Fishing Gear Response and Removal Team and recently received more than $2.7 million in federal infrastructure funds to get started.

A proposal co-sponsored by Maine's two U.S. senators to cut down on the amount of plastic debris in the ocean is making progress in the Senate.Republican…

Every year, fishermen lose tons of gear along the coast of Maine. It can collect into jumbled masses, what’s known as “ghost gear,” that can be hazardous…

PORTLAND, Maine - A pair of groups says it expects to remove about 5,000 pounds of lost and abandoned fishing gear from New England waters during an…

PORTLAND, Maine - It's called "ghost gear" - fishing gear that's accidently been lost or abandoned due to severe weather, strong currents or interactions…