Extreme weather is one of the major causes of plastic ‘ghost gear’ from fish farms entering oceans and rivers and the increasing frequency and severity of tropical storms due to…
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Fishermen’s beacons tackle ghost gear issue
Monday, February 25th, 2019They have been called the ocean’s silent killers. Fishing nets and pots lost or abandoned at sea are far more lethal to marine life than the plastic bottles, carrier bags…