Ghost fishing

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What is Ghost Fishing? - To put it simply: ghost fishing is what happens when discarded fishing gear continues to fish. Of all the rubbish that we fill our oceans with, I think

Ghost fishing is the process by which fishing equipment no longer under human control continues to trap and kill wildlife.

Have you ever gone fishing and had your net or line caught on something? Chances are you might have cut the line or even left the net behind. While you may have forgotten about it… the ocean sure hasn’t. It is still doing its job: catching marine life. But just how bad is the problem?

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many injured turtles were found in the Maldives; there are scratches all over their bodies, all these physical injures were caused by “ghost fishing nets”! these “ghost nets” were abandoned fishing nets in the sea. these nets could cut the turtle deeply and these injured turtles would still need to face other predators’ attacks, putting them in great danger. scientists are now working hard to identify the source of these ghost nets and hoping to find out who the culprits were.

Straws make up less than 1% of the ocean’s plastic waste; fishing nets and gear account for 10%.

DEADLY ‘ghost fishing gear’ is haunting Scotland’s seas and killing marine life. More than 600,000 tonnes of tackle such as nets, lines and lobster pots is lost or abandoned in open water worldwide…

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