Drift nets are used in large-scale commercial fishing operations. Miles-long in length, nets are suspended from floats at various depths and set adrift in open oceans to capture fish or squid. Drift nets are constructed of a light, plastic...

Fishing net or fishnet is a type of net that is use to enclose fish. All fishing nets are meshes usually formed by knotting a relatively thin thread. Modern nets are usually made of artificial polyamides like nylon, although nets of organic polyamides...

FISHING with a BIGGER NET Firstar's plan to merge with U.S. Bancorp puts the spotlight on Wisconsin's other top banks, M&I and Associated. Analysts wonder whether they'll hold their own against the new giant or be forced to grow to compete in the...

JAY LINDSAY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-28-2008 Training fish to swim right into nets -- Bass will live at sea and be caught on cue By JAY LINDSAY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 03-28-2008, Friday Section: NEWS Edtion: All...

Greenpeace activists laid the carcasses of 17 small whales and dolphins in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate on Monday in a dramatic protest to urge countries to resist increasing pressure for a resumption of commercial whaling.Some of the animals died after getting trapped in...

More endangered Hawaiian monk seals are trapped and killed by marine debris during years when the El Nino phenomenon warms tropical Pacific waters, according to University of Hawaii researchers.El Nino events cause ocean currents carrying marine debris to flow farther into the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands...