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Greenpeace campaigns against fishing nets which are damaging Lebanon's coast

Environmental campaigner Greenpeace is taking to the seas to drum up support for the government's attempts to control the use of fishing nets that are harming the country's maritime ecosystem.

Whale caught head-to-tail in fishing nets off Maui

Federal officials are trying to free a whale caught in fishing nets off Hawaii.

Victoria conservation group aims to recover derelict fishing gear

As many as 20,000 abandoned fishing nets have set a deadly trap around southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

Thanh Hoa police resume using fishing nets to stop illegal motorbike racers

Police in the northern province of Thanh Hoa resumed using fishing nets to snag the back wheels of motorbikes driven by illegal street racers during the Lunar New Year holiday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Humpback whale entangled head to tail in fishing nets off Hawaii, dragging buoys

HONOLULU - Federal officials are trying to free a whale caught in fishing nets off Hawaii. The Coast Guard said Thursday it received a call from a charter boat reporting an adult male humpback whale was entangled in fishing nets from head to tail.

'Pinging' for porpoises

Thousands of endangered porpoises drown in fishing nets in Denmark each year. Starting this summer all fishermen in the Storebælt Sound must place acoustic alarms on their nets, to warn off the porpoises (Photo: Scanpix)