Rope and cordage are essential skills in primitive survival, necessary for building shelters, making traps, nets, mats, sandals, clothing, fishing lines, and tools. This video demonstrates the process ...

Students at a middle school near Saint John have been working in shop class on a project they hope will help the environment and people in need. Winding recycled fishing rope around wooden spindles, ...

Beginning in April 2009, Maine lobstermen were forced to abandon using float-rope to connect traps on the ocean floor because of the hazard they posed to Northern Right Whales and other marine life, ...