Tons of lost fishing gear recovered off southern California coast
By A Mystery Man Writer
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Tech tracks lost gear
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Ongoing Southern Right Whale Mortality Event at Peninsula Valdes
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These Communities Turn Discarded Fishing Nets, or Ghost Nets, Into
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Up to one million tons of ghost gear fishing waste entering ocean
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The Ghosts of Fishers Past
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The ghosts in our ocean: lost and abandoned fishing gear is
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Rare Deep-Sea Anglerfish Washes Up on a California Beach
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VIDEO: Rescue Divers Save Whale Trapped in Net
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One Health
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Fishing gear to blame for majority of plastic pollution in ocean
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