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It is abandoned fishing gear that turns oceans into death traps for sea animals.
As fishing intensifies, more fishing gear is lost or abandoned, and this is contributing to our ocean’s plastic problem. It's harming sea animals and precious marine ecosystems.
A staggering 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear is lost or discarded in our oceans per year = 90,000 double decker buses. As a result at least 136,000 seals, sea lions and large whales killed each year.
We worked to reduce the huge suffering caused by ‘ghost gear’ – lost and abandoned fishing gear that turns oceans into death traps for sea animals.
By bringing together governments, businesses and fishing organisations, we protected sea life and moved towards a future free from the ghost fishing gear threat.
As part of our Sea Change campaign, we worked in three ways to protect animals from ghost fishing gear. We:
Report Ghost Gear
Have you seen lost or abandoned fishing gear? The GGGI's Ghost Gear Reporter app is live on the Google Play and Apple App stores worldwide! Search for "Ghost Gear Reporter" and download the app for free today.
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