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ghost net
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ghost net
n.
A plastic drift net that has been abandoned by a fishing boat and that entangles and kills fish, porpoises, seabirds, and other marine life.
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Also called ghost fishing, nets left behind continue to trap fish, turtles and other marine species for years.
Training aims to net increase in fish stocks by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
However, because the fishery is in the early development phases, the implementation of measures to avoid or restrain ghost fishing is deemed convenient.
Fishing time and trap ghost fishing for Cancer johngarthi along the ... by Ramirez-Rodriguez, Mauricio; Arreguin-Sanchez, Francisco / Journal of Shellfish Research
5) Ghost fishing Discarded plastic fishnets called ghost nets are perpetual killing machines continuing to catch fish and other species.
Plastic is forever by New Internationalist
 
 
 
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