GHOSTS ALDFG ABANDONED LOST AND DISCARDED TRAWLING FISHING TRAWLERS NETS PLASTICS ENTERS OCEAN POLLUTION ONE MILLION TONS A YEAR FISHERMEN CRIMINALS NETTING GEAR ROPES IS KILLING WHALES MARINE MAMMALS REPTILES TURTLES SEALS
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Stop Ghost Fishing — Save Coastal Wildlife
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Ghost Fishing Gear is Killing Marine Life - Ocean Wise
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Ghost Gear: Whales, Sea Turtles, Seals Are The Unintended Catch Of Abandoned Fishing Gear : The Salt : NPR
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Ghost fishing' kills 650,000 animals a year but researchers think they have a solution
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Up to a Million Tons of Ghost Fishing Nets Enter the Oceans Each Year- Study
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Ghost Nets: The Silent Killers in Our Oceans – 4ocean
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Ghost Gear: The Abandoned Fishing Nets Haunting Our Oceans by Greenpeace International - Issuu
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What is ghost fishing and how can we save whales getting caught in old nets?
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New report from WWF says abandoned fishing gear an “immortal menace” which must be central in the fight against plastic pollution. — WWF Protecting Whales & Dolphins Initiative
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Ghost Gear: Whales, Sea Turtles, Seals Are The Unintended Catch Of Abandoned Fishing Gear : The Salt : NPR
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marine pollution: ghost gear — oceans aware
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VIDEO: Rescue Divers Save Whale Trapped in Net
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VIDEO: Rescue Divers Save Whale Trapped in Net
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GHOSTS ALDFG ABANDONED LOST AND DISCARDED TRAWLING FISHING TRAWLERS NETS PLASTICS ENTERS OCEAN POLLUTION ONE MILLION TONS A YEAR FISHERMEN CRIMINALS NETTING GEAR ROPES IS KILLING WHALES MARINE MAMMALS REPTILES TURTLES SEALS
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Abandoned fishing gear is killing marine life and poisoning our oceans, Letters