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Abandoned ships wreak havoc on the marine ecosystem long after they've sunk. Decaying wreckages leach toxic chemicals like petroleum products and PCBs that remain in the water harming or destroying sea life and potentially enter the food chain, eventually getting ingested by humans. Sometimes dead watercraft foster the growth...
Sunken vessels can also trail deadly debris. Fishing boats, for example, which are stocked with nets and traps, often continue to "ghost fish" after the ship itself has been abandoned. The biggest man-made threat to the endangered monk seal of Hawaii is entanglement in derelict fishing gear, according to...
The environmental impact of undersea wreckage can't always be seen easily from the shore. Helton says it would help if owners of small fishing boats and jet skis as well as giant ore ships and oceangoing freighters could keep in mind that "when a vessel is lost, it's...
Are you having fun? Too much fun. It's completely ruined my fishing season. My weekends are shot. But it's exhilarating work and I'm happy to be doing it. And I'm happy you're noticing.
Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens has been known for decades as one of the most effective pork-barrel politicians in Congress. In his four decades in the Senate, he has helped funnel money to his home state for everything from volcano research to salmon fishing to the infamous "bridge to nowhere...