Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
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Re: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
#2by this point, being able to eat (like in crimes of the future), or at the least, resist eating plastics and other toxic ubiquitous substances (PFAS) seems like the most viable strategy.
Re: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
#3Lest the headline not be obvious, this is industrial fishing gear.
Re: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
#4It is 50,000 tons per year. In plastic recycling terms, not that much volume. A very large plastic recycling facility can do about 200,000 tons in a year. http://intelligentliving.co/worlds-largest-climate-neutral-p...
A tractor trailer hauls roughly 20 tons - so all the sea nets in the world in a year could be hauled by 2,500 trailers. Not that much in the scheme of things.
Re: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
#5What about boats with fiberglass hulls?
Re: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
#6It is so obvious, and has been known for years, yet the EU banned plastic straws because of the waste in the oceans, so now every drink tastes like a schoolbook. Well done EU...
Re: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
#7It is 50,000 tons per year. In plastic recycling terms, not that much volume. A very large plastic recycling facility can do about 200,000 tons in a year. http://intelligentliving.co/worlds-largest-climate-neutral-p... A tractor trailer hauls roughly 20 tons - so all the sea nets in the world in a year could be hauled by 2,500 trailers. Not that much in the scheme of things.
From the article:
"Unlike other forms of marine debris, fishing gear is specifically designed to catch marine life. Under certain conditions, derelict gear can continue to catch and kill organisms for years."
Re: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
#8If you'd like to see anecdotal impacts, you can watch the sad yet thrilling and satisfying YouTube channel Ocean Conservation Namibia, which features a team that captures seals and untangles them from fishing gear: https://www.youtube.com/c/OceanConservationNamibia
Re: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
#9It is so obvious, and has been known for years, yet the EU banned plastic straws because of the waste in the oceans, so now every drink tastes like a schoolbook. Well done EU...
if there were a post with "Single use plastics account for an alarming amount of plastics in the oceans" would you think otherwise?
both are a problem. the industrial fishing nets degrade slower, the microplastics (that then likely bioaccumulates) comes from all sources.
Re: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic in oceans (2021)
#10Not to minimize the impact to ocean life and the environment, but lost fishing gear costs money. The upside of which is that there is direct financial incentive to recover lost gear. I know nothing about this space, but a former coworker started a company about ten years ago in part to allow fishers to track and recover their gear: https://www.blueoceangear.com/