As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their wares -- not seafood, but plastic. The villagers, members of the semi-nomadic ...

For example, work craft, such as fishing or pontoon boats, tend to depreciate more quickly than leisure or luxury boats. Keeping the boat well-maintained can improve its fair market value and result ...

Owning a boat opens up a world of opportunities. You visit places that not many else have, entertain a small fishing trip, or even take family ... Oil-based primer and paint thinner Paper or plastic ...

Numerous loose screws, the plastic inserts fell ... We brought our 2007 Sun Tracker boat in for a startup and overview at $135.00 an hour. My wife was discussing the sale of our boat to a salesman ...

Part of the reason I haven’t caught more is simply because I have fishing A.D.D.; I’m so into ... and weight that will cover the bases for boat- and shore-based pursuits and a wide variety ...

Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a boat off ... in a discarded fishing net.

with fishing gear making up about 60 percent of plastic pollution. According to scientists, some nets pile up on beaches, creating a navigational nightmare for boats. Others settle to the bottom ...

Turtles and whales that eat debris can have difficulty swimming, which may increase the risk of being struck by ships or boats. In contrast, seals and sea lions don’t eat much plastic, but can die ...

I’m a United States Coast Guard–certified master captain, and I have been fishing since I could walk. I grew up working on charter boats in and ... as is plastic, in novice (and less-careful ...

It could be that the best inshore fishing in October doesn’t even involve a boat. This is the most productive ... two squid chains with colorful plastic baits, and I prefer a spread of four ...

It’s a time for warm, sunny days on the water, chucking baits and lures into the shallows, and ripping fat bass out of lily pads and from beneath boat ... of fishing you like to do, you can work these ...

Containing a huge build-up of plastic debris ranging from large fishing nets to flake-sized ... that is pulled through patches of rubbish by boats. It moves slowly to try to avoid harming marine ...