Fishing Gear In The Ocean at Lawrence Blose blog

Fishing Gear In The Ocean. Abandoned traps, aimlessly drifting nets, and other lost fishing equipment can haunt the ocean for years, ensnarling and killing. We interviewed 450 fishers from seven of the world’s biggest fishing countries including peru, indonesia, morocco and the united states, to find out just how much gear enters the global ocean. We estimate that nearly 2% of all fishing gear, comprising 2963 km 2 of gillnets, 75,049 km 2 of purse seine nets, 218 km 2 of trawl nets, 739,583 km of longline mainlines, and more than 25 million pots and traps are lost to the ocean annually. When lost fishing gear keeps catching fish after its intended lifespan, it is called ghost fishing. Ghost fishing gear is the deadliest form of marine plastic as it unselectively catches wildlife, entangling marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles, and sharks, subjecting them to a slow and painful death through exhaustion and suffocation. Ghost gear can enter the water in a number of ways, including getting snagged on rocks or coral, being accidentally cut loose by other marine traffic or being swept away and lost during storms. Derelict fishing gear is lost and discarded gear that is no longer under the control of a commercial or recreational fisher.

We estimate that nearly 2% of all fishing gear, comprising 2963 km 2 of gillnets, 75,049 km 2 of purse seine nets, 218 km 2 of trawl nets, 739,583 km of longline mainlines, and more than 25 million pots and traps are lost to the ocean annually. Derelict fishing gear is lost and discarded gear that is no longer under the control of a commercial or recreational fisher. Ghost fishing gear is the deadliest form of marine plastic as it unselectively catches wildlife, entangling marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles, and sharks, subjecting them to a slow and painful death through exhaustion and suffocation. Abandoned traps, aimlessly drifting nets, and other lost fishing equipment can haunt the ocean for years, ensnarling and killing. Ghost gear can enter the water in a number of ways, including getting snagged on rocks or coral, being accidentally cut loose by other marine traffic or being swept away and lost during storms. We interviewed 450 fishers from seven of the world’s biggest fishing countries including peru, indonesia, morocco and the united states, to find out just how much gear enters the global ocean. When lost fishing gear keeps catching fish after its intended lifespan, it is called ghost fishing.

Derelict Fishing Gear from the World’s Marine Capture Fisheries IUCN

Fishing Gear In The Ocean Derelict fishing gear is lost and discarded gear that is no longer under the control of a commercial or recreational fisher. Ghost gear can enter the water in a number of ways, including getting snagged on rocks or coral, being accidentally cut loose by other marine traffic or being swept away and lost during storms. We estimate that nearly 2% of all fishing gear, comprising 2963 km 2 of gillnets, 75,049 km 2 of purse seine nets, 218 km 2 of trawl nets, 739,583 km of longline mainlines, and more than 25 million pots and traps are lost to the ocean annually. Derelict fishing gear is lost and discarded gear that is no longer under the control of a commercial or recreational fisher. Abandoned traps, aimlessly drifting nets, and other lost fishing equipment can haunt the ocean for years, ensnarling and killing. When lost fishing gear keeps catching fish after its intended lifespan, it is called ghost fishing. Ghost fishing gear is the deadliest form of marine plastic as it unselectively catches wildlife, entangling marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles, and sharks, subjecting them to a slow and painful death through exhaustion and suffocation. We interviewed 450 fishers from seven of the world’s biggest fishing countries including peru, indonesia, morocco and the united states, to find out just how much gear enters the global ocean.