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Ghost Fishing: Derelict Gear - Oceana USA

This gear continues to kill animals and damage habitat long after fishermen have moved on. Derelict gear kills, entangles, and injures marine life at an ...

Ghost Fishing Gear: A Major Source of Marine Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution in marine environments is a global problem of increasing concern. “Ghost” (or derelict) fishing gear is gear that has been ...

Ghost nets still fishing in the deep waters of Puget Sound

New technology is helping to remove deadly “ghost nets” that have been lost in the depths of Puget Sound. It is part of an effort that saves ...

Ghost Fishing: A Scary Situation - Ocean Conservation

Fishing line and hooks that are abandoned may be ingested by sea turtles and other marine animals, causing internal damage or suffocation. In ...

Ghost gear: the abandoned fishing nets haunting our oceans

Unfortuna- tely, the same qualities also make ghost nets and lines a fatal and growing threat to marine life, and the communities that depend on healthy oceans ...

What the Hell is Ghost Fishing? - YouTube

There is one particular type of ocean pollution that's the most deadly: abandoned fishing nets that keep trapping and killing marine life ...

Ghost gear

Learn what causes abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear and the impacts on the marine environment.

Ghost Fishing Stock Photos and Pictures - 2403 Images - Shutterstock

Find Ghost Fishing stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection.

Ghost Nets, among the greatest killers in our oceans... - Mission Blue

Collecting ghost nets is also part of a broader mission in which The Foundation works towards sustainable recycling of the nets, that will be ...

Five ways to tackle ghost fishing gear | Dialogue Earth

Dozens of organisations around the world are removing abandoned nets from the seabed, recycling old nets, or using them to generate power.

Going Fishing for Ghost Gear | Hakai Magazine

“The three kilometer target range between the surface vessel and the transponder should be more like 30 kilometers to make the application more ...

Ghost Fishing Gear Infographic

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition Speaking for the continent and its magnificent species - from krill to blue whales.

How to get abandoned, lost and discarded 'ghost' fishing gear out of ...

An enormous amount of fishing gear is cut loose in the ocean each year. The losses cut into fishers' profits and kill marine wildlife.

Ghostnet Campaign - Sea Shepherd Global

Up to 70% by weight of all macroplastic debris in the sea is estimated to be ghost fishing gear. An estimate by UNEP and FAO suggested, as early as 2009, that ...

Impact of “Ghost Fishing“ via Derelict Fishing Gear

The. DFG that are mostly responsible for ghost fishing in this area may originate from various current drift net fisheries from. North Pacific Ocean fisheries, ...

Italian divers just rescued a whale caught in 'ghost' fishing nets

Charlotte Edmond · Italian divers have freed a sperm whale caught in discarded fishing nets. · It is just one of many whales, dolphins, turtles ...

ghost fishing pots and traps - Neptune Marine Products

Neptune Marine has long been an advocate for the prevention of ghost fishing pots and traps in all fisheries. Here are some of the common ways to solve the ...

Ghost Fishing Gear | FathomsFree

Fisherman do not want to lose their gear, however when working in a harsh environment some losses are unavoidable. We aid fishermen by diving to recover lost ...

Ghost Fishing: Time for the Fishing Industry to Clean Up Its Deadly ...

Unwanted and abandoned fishing equipment such as nets and pots, often called “ghost gear,” often still traps and kills fish and sea mammals long ...

What We Know About "Ghost Fishing" | PADI AWARE

Ghost fishing occurs when lost or discarded fishing gear that is no longer under a fisherman's control continues to trap and kill fish, crustaceans, marine ...