How 'ghost' fishing gear affects at-risk species and fisheries

Action on Ghost Gear — The State of the World's Sea Turtles

Fishing interactions (includes entanglement and bycatch of aquatic species at risk)

How 'ghost' fishing gear affects at-risk species and fisheries' bottom line

Southwestern Nova Scotia: Lost fishing gear

Preventing Whale Entanglements with Ropeless Fishing Gear - Baleines en direct

Ghost gear a threat to marine life

Illegal fishing: wildlife's hidden threat

Ghost gear: Educational guide and activity book

So many people don't think about the effects of fishing gear lost at sea. It continues to fish, causing harm to many different species until it's finally removed from the system. Ghost

marine species

GHOSTS ALDFG ABANDONED LOST AND DISCARDED TRAWLING FISHING TRAWLERS NETS PLASTICS ENTERS OCEAN POLLUTION ONE MILLION TONS A YEAR FISHERMEN CRIMINALS NETTING GEAR ROPES IS KILLING WHALES MARINE MAMMALS REPTILES TURTLES SEALS

The Global Ghost Gear Initiative - Ocean Conservancy

How lost fishing equipment affects marine, human life, environment