Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan said today in a news release that most of the so-called "ghost gear" collected were traps and pots from lobster and crab fishing.

At 3,541 pounds and over 17 feet long, the great white shark is the largest one that OCEARCH researchers have tagged to date.

Juan Manuel Ballestero embarked on a harrowing 85-day solo journey from Portugal to Argentina that he completed in a small sailboat.

Last year, the event raised more than $6,000 for Feed Nova Scotia. This year, organizers were looking to match that total — or better.

The study questions "the widely held assumption that most plastic debris at sea comes from land-based sources."

He’s known around the world as a British adventurer, completing what’s been dubbed a “Global Triathlon,”and now James Ketchell is back at it, looking to complete another record.

Within the past few weeks, three white sharks have been sighted along Nova Scotia's south shore through OCEARCH tagging data. 

Shayla Lindsay won a chance to get some first-hand experience on the job after winning a contest.

If it were on the surface, researchers say the aquifer would create a lake covering about 15,000 square miles. 

British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown started their historic voyage on June 14, 1919.