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'Ghost Fishing' Continues to Kill


Claire.

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'Ghost Fishing' Kills Long After the Gear Is Lost

Left-behind fishing gear that continues to catch — sometimes called ghost fishing — entraps sea life from the world's largest animal, the blue whale, to the critically endangered small tooth sawfish, according to a new study. "Entanglement is the likely cause of death for many marine organisms, particularly whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, sharks, turtles and rays," lead author Martin Stelfox told Seeker. Stelfox is the founder and director of the Oliver Ridley Project, which is working to combat derelict nets and other equipment that continue to fish in the Indian Ocean. The problem occurs worldwide, however.

Read more: Live Science

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I can understand how accidents due to storms and the like can lead to loss of gear, but those guys who deliberately dump their used stuff are jerks. They should know better. Actually they do know better, they just don't care.

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