Washington bans commercial net pen fish farming after 2017 disaster
The ban was proposed due to the fallout of the 2017 Cypress Island net pen collapse, which released 250,000 non-native ...
When abandoned fishing nets, traps become 'ghost gear': 'No place in our environment'
Abandoned fishing gear can "ghost fish," or trap and kill ocean animals that are never harvested. It's also costly - and ...
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A Thai design firm is turning old fishing nets into COVID-19 protective equipment
In fishing villages along Thailand's eastern coast, old nets that once polluted the waters are being transformed into COVID-19 personal protective equipment. The Thai design firm Qualy is hoping ...
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'Ghost diving' to protect marine life: Meet the group behind the mission
The World War II U-boat is covered with what they call ghost nets, which put marine life in danger. "Ghost fishing is what the nets do because the abandoned nets do what they're designed to do ...
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Thousands of pounds of nets, derelict fishing gear removed off Hawai‘i Island coastline
including derelict fishing nets, buoys and other hard plastics, and derelict grounded vessel debris. Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund ...
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Harbour recycling bins give fishing nets second life
The scheme in Poole collects nylon gill nets - a wall of netting that hangs in the sea to catch fish that swim into it. It has been set up by the Weymouth & Portland Marine Litter Project together ...