Billions of hooks, millions of traps, and hundreds of thousands of kilometers of fishing line and nets fall into the ocean each year from commercial fishing ventures.
Now, new estimates by Australian researchers put this industrial waste into a new perspective, calculating enough fishing line falls into marine waters each year to encircle the entire planet a staggering 18 times.
, suggesting larger vessels could have better navigation and fishing tool technologies that reduce losses. Purse seine nets were lost more often compared to other types of nets. Bad weather also contributed to the risks of gear loss.in The Conversation. This doesn't even include gear lost through recreational fishing.
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