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'Ghost Gear,' or Abandoned Fishing Equipment, Is Haunting the Oceans. Here's How Conservationists Are Fighting Back

From beaches across Mexico, groups of women in diving gear who call themselves sirenas, or mermaids, are taking on the ocean’s ghosts. Starting their days at 6 a.m., they search for and remove one of ...
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Abandoned boats to be removed from Willoughby Bay starting Monday as part of major cleanup effort

NORFOLK, Va. — Two abandoned boats disrupting helicopter operations near the naval base shoreline in Willoughby Bay will be removed as part of a sweeping regional effort to clear local waterways of ...