“We are delighted to be working alongside current and former members of the lobster fishery to accomplish this important work,” said Sarah Crosby, director of conservation and policy at the aquarium. ...

On Saturday, April 19, 23 volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community worked together to remove some 30 lobster traps that had washed ashore at two ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Twenty-five volunteers from Santa Barbara Channelkeeper paired with fishermen and Tidy Seas to remove over 50 lobster traps between Goleta Beach and More Mesa on Saturday ...

Hundreds of abandoned and derelict lobster traps that continue to catch and kill marine life in Long Island Sound off Oyster Bay are being removed by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County ...

The rope became taut, putting a drag on the fishing boat in Long Island Sound north of Oyster Bay Harbor. Scott Curatolo-Wagemann hoped that on that July day, he had a catch that was more than a year ...

Thousands of abandoned lobster traps have silently littered Long Island Sound for decades. Now, a local effort to locate them all has received a significant boost. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Divers will clean up old lobster traps left at the bottom of Beverly Harbor in the first project of its kind for the city.

Stonington — The Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce marked the third annual lighting of the Stonington Lobster Trap Tree with a bigger, better tree that celebrates the community. “This landmark art ...

Abandoned “ghost traps” scattered in South Florida’s coastal waters keep doing their lethal work, sometimes for years, ensnaring and often killing lobsters, stone crabs and other marine life. Crews of ...

Twenty-five volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community and Tidy Seas worked together on April 20 to remove more than 50 lobster traps that had washed ...