Lobster traps that have outlived their usefulness are getting repurposed here in Maine thanks to a local nonprofit.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lobsters can’t hide from 104-year-old Virginia Oliver — Maine’s famous “Lobster Lady.” She’s been trapping the crustaceans for ...

One of Maine's largest fishing communities has spent the winter removing and recycling thousands of old, battered wire ...

“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. ...

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 ...

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 ...