Another dead 12-metre Bryde’s whale was found in False Bay near Cape Town last week after becoming entangled in octopus trap ropes. The traps have been in use by a single company since 1998, ...

Another dead 12-metre Bryde’s whale was found in False Bay near Cape Town last week after becoming entangled in octopus trap ropes. The traps have been in use by a single company since 1998, ...

This is the latest in a series to mark World Oceans Day which looks at how plastics and other pollutants are affecting the marine environment. Here, Bermuda Marine Debris Taskforce member Jennifer ...

The Crew on the Hunt for Greece's Illegal Octopus Traps By Renee Maltezou THERMAIC GULF, Greece (Reuters) -"Octopus!" shouted the crew of the Sea Eagle vessel as a slippery cephalopod squirmed out of ...

Seventy traps rigged with bait, used for illegal octopus fishing, were found and seized by the Inland Waters Squad of the Oristano Police Headquarters in the Arborea marina. The equipment, completely ...

Dec. 7 (UPI) --A group of shocked fishermen in the Florida Keys captured video of a clever octopus using their live trap as its own personal buffet. The video, filmed Sunday in Key West, shows the ...

STORY: Home to the nation’s largest octopus habitat, Greece’s Thracian Sea is also blanketed by illegal plastic octopus traps. The practice threatens octopus populations, fuels marine pollution, and ...

THERMAIC GULF, Greece – “Octopus!” shouted the crew of the Sea Eagle vessel as a slippery cephalopod squirmed out of a plastic pot they had hauled from the seabed off northern Greece. The octopus, ...