Kyle de Bouter holds up a pair of Patagonia board shorts made of recycled fishing nets, smiling as workers nearby slice old nylon nets to stack into seven-foot square, one-ton bales. “This is 100% ...

Shopping for a fly angler? A Fishpond net and Cling thermometer are durable, good-looking gifts that get used—and help ...

Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are tackling the problem creatively through education, prevention, ocean cleanups ...

Your high-performance outerwear might be made from old fishing nets. The ocean is brimming with trash. This much we know already. Each year, an estimated 5 to 12 million metric tons of plastic enter ...

When he had his chance, Cuban-born net maker Miguel Sanchez escaped his home country, jumping from a Cuban fishing boat aboard a ship heading to Canada. The young law student escaped to start a new ...