Dumped fishing gear is biggest plastic polluter in ocean, finds report
by Sandra Laville from Environment | The Guardian on (#4TQFH)
Greenpeace calls for global action over nets, lines and traps that are deadly for marine life
Lost and abandoned fishing gear which is deadly to marine life makes up the majority of large plastic pollution in the oceans, according to a report by Greenpeace.
More than 640,000 tonnes of nets, lines, pots and traps used in commercial fishing are dumped and discarded in the sea every year, the same weight as 55,000 double-decker buses.
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