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Cattledog

(5,916 posts)
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 04:45 AM Apr 2018

Hundreds of sharks and other fish discovered tangled in 'ghost net' drifting through Caribbean



Hundreds of dead fish and sharks have been discovered by divers tangled in a huge, abandoned fishing net drifting off the coast of the Cayman Islands.

The floating “ghost net” has possibly been trapping and killing sea life in its path for months, as it drifts across the Caribbean Sea.

A diver who captured underwater images of the net said many of the animals were so decomposed it was impossible to tell which species they were.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ghost-net-fishing-caribbean-sea-dead-sharks-fish-cayman-island-pollution-a8310806.html
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Hundreds of sharks and other fish discovered tangled in 'ghost net' drifting through Caribbean (Original Post) Cattledog Apr 2018 OP
This is so horrible... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #1
I hate those things Vogon_Glory Apr 2018 #2

Vogon_Glory

(9,118 posts)
2. I hate those things
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 07:59 AM
Apr 2018

There are a lot of ghost nets floating around in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They destroy marine life. Many are abandoned by rogue “pirate” fishermen.

And what do you bet the scum balls in the Trump Administration have made it easier for US-based bad-actor fishermen to create more of them?

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