#Fishing nets

New study reveals ‘staggering’ scale of lost fishing gear drifting in Earth’s oceans

The Guardian, Other, 16/10/2022, Graham Readfearn Enough commercial fishing line is left in the ocean each year to stretch to […]

Deadly ‘ghost nets’ increase in Gulf of Carpentaria despite years of clean-ups

The Guardian, Other, 20/10/2021, Donna Lu Targeted action is needed to combat the growing issue of “ghost nets” in the […]

Tracking technology aids ghost gear retrieval

Fiskerforum, fiskerforum.com, 16/09/2021, Quentin Bates Successful trials of a new GPS tracking system has seen drifting ghost nets retrieved from […]