#ghostgear — Public Fediverse posts

"I don't think there's another industry that would be allowed [this] type of behavior: trash from your industry accumulates on public land, and you have no responsibility to clean it up."

#GhostGear #OceanSlobs

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ghost-gear-piles-up-in-the-gulf-of-maine-amid-plastic-onslaught-on-oceans

Bloody #ghostgear 😡
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-64444263

Remarkable comeback but #seals here in #Norfolk are threatened by our stupidity, carelessness & venality every single day. #Seals are not here for our entertainment
#dogattack #sealselfies #sewage #jetskiers #ghostgear #flyingrings #marinepollution https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/27/grey-seals-make-remarkable-comeback-uk-aoe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I guess we'll have to wait until next year before the council's rubbish contractors #Serco finally remove our #2minutebeachclean #December
collection from the seafront here in #Overstrand #Norfolk
This year we removed dozens of #crabpots , countless meters of rope & 100s of kg of other crap from our beach.
Local #crab fishers need to take responsibility for their #ghostgear
#WildLivesMatter
#GhostGearKills

The usual suspects on today’s #2minutebeachclean between #Overstrand & #Sidestrand #Norfolk

We are killing the world with our crap. #ghostgear

Life is a beach...clean.
This is what we find on ours here in #NorthNorfolk
#GhostGear #plastics & many other nasties.

Trying to fight the tide of rubbish with a #2minutebeachclean is our daily aspiration.

Think about what you've seen next time you fancy a dip on holiday.

https://youtu.be/zCnkGowZ2NY

Try as we may, the tide of rubbish on the beach at #Overstrand #Norfolk is relentless. #2minutebeachclean
#GhostGear from #crab fishing is a major issue here as is assorted plastic.
This crap belongs to everyone.

WARNING: Flashing Images

Life is a beach…clean. #Overstrand #2minutebeachclean #GhostGear #Plastic

https://youtu.be/zCnkGowZ2NY

My #introduction...
retired secondary school #teacher , #Canadian but have lived in England since 1996...you haven't managed to rid of me yet.

In 2019 I helped #SaveTheBactonSandMartins

I am an avid participant in daily #2minutebeachclean here on the #Norfolk coast
Hate #ghostgear & other people's crap on the beach.
Love #wildlife

Here I am going on a bit...
https://youtu.be/96gheGNHn7I
and here is my YouTube channel
#WildLivesMatter
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJBfcZ7aPkzn3Y8l3qP3qA

Here is an explainer from Monterey Bay Aquarium on what #ghostgear is, how it impacts #ocean life & potential solutions the #fishing industry can take to reduce the amount of ghost gear entering the ocean https://www.seafoodwatch.org/stories/ghost-gear

Important story on #ghostgear & how it impacts #ocean life from @guardian @mstdn.media:
🔹At the current rates of loss, the amount of stray fishing nets measured by area would be enough to carpet the surface of the planet in 65 years…
🔹Ghost gear contributes about 20% of marine plastic…
🔹… [ghost gear] affects 66% of marine animals, including all sea turtle species and 50% of seabirds.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/07/invisible-killer-ghost-fishing-gear-deadliest-marine-plastic