Industrial ghost nets can be massive - up to six miles long. They drift on ocean currents ... been in finding a market for the nets that are recovered. “Before Healthy Seas came along, the ...

It is estimated that 1 million tons of ghost gear enter the ocean every year. Whale watchers left stunned after unexpected ...

The used nets ... the ocean is a result of human activity”, and there are two main types: one is single-use plastic like water bottles, plastic bags, and food containers, the other is ghost ...

And under the ocean’s surface lie “ghost farms”, where fish farming ... a fully recycled nylon yarn made by Aquafil out of recovered fishing nets, among other nylon waste.

When a fishing net gets lost at sea, or is dumped into the ocean, it becomes a “ghost net” – a danger ... Other nets are small in size, and found in places the group have cleared up before.

For the Oceans Foundation successfully completed the first stage of its ghost net rescue ... In Costa Rica, these nets threaten iconic species like the hawksbill turtle and disrupt artisanal fishing ...

ICG ship Vigraha rescues two Olive Ridley turtles trapped in ghost nets off Odisha. Part of 'Operation Olivia', ensuring ...

The forest department has recovered 150kg of “ghost nets” from a tributary of the Padma in Murshidabad, where gharial babies died last month after being trapped in such nets discarded by fishermen. At ...