Underwater ghost nets posing thret to marine ecosystem off Kerala
19th July, 2017Category:
Ghost nets - fishing nets that have been lost, dumped or abandoned - have emerged as the greatest killers of the underwater ecosystem in the seas off Kerala, says a study by an NGO, Friends of Marine Life.
It is estimated that at least 10 per cent of the reduced fish catch globally could be blamed on ghost nets, some of which have survived deep underwater for decades together. The issue even came up for discussion at the UN Ocean Conference recently in New York, said Robert Panippilla, Chief Coordinator, Friends of Marine Life.
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