Most of us are aware of the manmade plastic pollution that ends up in the world’s oceans and washes up on its shores: the straws, bags, and balloons that regularly harm marine life. Ghost gear has a ...

Greg Vespe has fished Rhode Island waters for 25 years and said he’ll cast his line for “whatever bites.” But more and more, as the 58-year-old angler reels in summer flounder, codfish, tautog, and ...