Thousands of abandoned lobster traps have silently littered Long Island Sound for decades. Now, a local effort to locate them all has received a significant boost. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Twenty-five volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community and Tidy Seas worked together on April 20 to remove more than 50 lobster traps that had washed ...

“We are delighted to be working alongside current and former members of the lobster fishery to accomplish this important work,” said Sarah Crosby, director of conservation and policy at the aquarium. ...

Hundreds of abandoned and derelict lobster traps that continue to catch and kill marine life in Long Island Sound off Oyster Bay are being removed by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County ...

BRIDGEPORT - Wearing mud-stained orange overalls, waterproof gloves and a determined look, Corey Matias tugs rhythmically at a long line as his boat idles about 6 miles off the coast in Long Island ...

The rope became taut, putting a drag on the fishing boat in Long Island Sound north of Oyster Bay Harbor. Scott Curatolo-Wagemann hoped that on that July day, he had a catch that was more than a year ...

As is always the case in winter, North Shore fisherman Scott D’Amico had dozens of lobster traps lying around come November. But as also has become tradition for him, the 35-year-old decided to put ...

The Stonington, Conn., Lobster Trap Tree is a glorious tower of steel, art, and light — a nod to the legacy of local fishermen in the home of Connecticut’s last commercial fishing fleet STONINGTON, ...

Days after the town’s building inspector closed off public access to Hull’s lobster trap tree, the organizer of the holiday display had hoped for a resolution. But access to the inside of the tree ...