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Month: December 2022

740,000km of fishing line and 14 billion hooks: we reveal just how much fishing gear is lost at sea each year

Incentives can further reduce losses resulting in ghost gear. This could include buyback programs for end-of-life fishing gear, reduced cost loans for net replacement, and waste receptacles in ports to encourage fishers to return usedContinue reading740,000km of fishing line and 14 billion hooks: we reveal just how much fishing gear is lost at sea each year