The netting is designed to act as a barrier to orcas while still allowing fish to pass over, under or through the broad gaps in the web barrier.

The netting is being used to try to keep orcas from being killed as they try to eat fish collected by the bottom-trawl gear.

Roscoff (France) (AFP) – Once used to scoop fish from the sea off the coast of France, recycled fishing nets are finding new life in Ukraine to protect the country's roads and military infrastructure ...

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Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short-lived, expensive to replace and raise ...

Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short lived, expensive to replace and raise ...

In Australia's wild northern waters there have been stories of illegal fishermen being taken by crocodiles. But with mass fishing taking place in the Timor and Arafura seas, other dangers lurk. Like ...

Constructed in 1889-90, the former Taylor-Heaslop building at 10-14 Logan Rd remains the tallest structure in Woolloongabba’s renowned dining precinct. Known locally as the Moreton Rubber Building, it ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s agricultural production in paddy and coconut picked up in July, the central bank said, while tea, fish and rubber production decreased. “Paddy production forecast of the ...

SINGAPORE – A monkey’s carcass found hanging from a tree in Pulau Ubin was cleared on Sept 8. The bizarre death of the long-tailed macaque, which was entangled in a fishing net, was first flagged in a ...

Bhubaneswar: In a striking display of anger and satire, residents of Balasore town in Odisha turned waterlogged streets into protest sites on Tuesday by casting fishing nets on submerged roads. The ...