Ghost hunting might sound like fun, but ghost gear hunting has a measurable impact on local ecosystems, as the Tampa Bay Times illustrated. The outlet covered a cleanup effort at Fort De Soto Park ...

FORT DE SOTO — A team of volunteers boated into Tampa Bay on a recent Saturday morning with their mind welded to a singular mission: Scan the vast waters of Florida’s largest open-water estuary for ...

WASHINGTON — To get a delicious piece of shrimp, lobster, fish or crab, fisherman usually put down a net or cage to catch the seafood. Sometimes, those nets and crab pots get lost or abandoned at sea, ...