Monofilament fishing line
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Monofilament fishing line is fishing line made from a single fiber of plastic material, as opposed to multifilament or braided fishing lines constructed from multiple strands of fibers. Most fishing l
A tangle of monofilament fishing line. The most common colorless variety can be seen.
A royal tern entangled in monofilament line. It appears as though some of the line may have been ingested.
Trawer Hauling Nets
Ghost net
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Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded in the ocean, lakes, and rivers. These nets, often nearly invisible in the dim light, can be left tangled on a rocky
Monofilament fishing line
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A sea turtle entangled in a ghost net.
Many marine species including turtles, sharks, whales, dolphins, and dugongs become entangled in ghost nets. Most go unnoticed and unrecorded.
A glass float on the beach. Many of these floats for fish nets wash up on island beaches around the Pacific. The loss of the floats can leave fish nets drifting in the open ocean where they continue to entangle fish, birds, and marine mammals.
This net found at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in 2014 weighed 11.5 tons