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BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 00:18:00

Jonah fisher has the story. our seas are filling up with plastic. much of it are the bottles and bags that we throw away every day. but about 10% comes from the fishing industry, and the problem with abandoned nets is that they keep catching things. on the cornish coast, that means seals. these were spotted with parts of old nets around their necks. basically, seals are very curious creatures, and they will come up and look at the lost fishing gear. its the most exciting thing theyve seen all da...
Jonah Fisher Fishing Industry Fishing Gear

BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 00:19:00

But for years, the fishermen�*s dirty secret was that the easiest way of getting rid of an old net was to dump it at sea. adam is a skipper working out of brixham harbour, and he says things have changed, with fishermen now bringing in their old nets as well as any debris and plastic they find out in the open sea. so, if you imagine, everybody was dumping their nets, after 6—12 months, you can imagine what would be out there. now nobody�*s doing it and now were trawling it all up. its a ma...
Open Sea Brixham Harbour Fishing Nets

BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 00:20:00

Can be sent off to be processed. this is the new processing facility in the cotswolds, which means that nets from british trawlers can, for the first time, be recycled here in the uk. theyre usable in a variety of different applications. for example, our footwear components here contains the fishing nets. so, these are in peoples shoes? these are in peoples shoes, yes, so people walking around with some of our customers shoes on, theyll have some fishing net in them. incredible, so its gone from...
Processing Facility Trawlers Can Fishing Nets Footwear Components Fishing Net Shoes On

BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 12:30:00

With fishermen now bringing in their old nets as well as any debris and plastic they find out in the open sea. so if you imagine, everybody was dumping their nets, after 6—12 months, you can imagine what would be out there. now nobody is doing it and now we are trawling it all up. it is a massive difference, we are doing, a massive difference we are making. see if its ok. for the last few years, a scheme has been in place which takes away the fishermans old nets once they have been brought to ...
Open Sea Fishing Nets Processing Facility Trawlers Can

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BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 12:29:00

That we throw away every day. but about 10% comes from the fishing industry, and the problem with abandoned nets is that they keep catching things. on the cornish coast, that means seals. these were spotted with parts of old nets around their necks. basically, seals are very curious creatures, and they will come up and look at the lost fishing gear. it is the most exciting thing they have seen all day and they will play with it. and that entanglement is unfortunately life—threatening. so how d...
Fishing Industry Fishing Gear We Lljust Open Sea Brixham Harbour

BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:22:00

But heart—breaking image of a sea turtle that has become entangled in abandoned fishing nets off the coast of sri lanka. it was taken by a german photographer — simon lorenz — who managed to cut the animal free after taking this picture. in my line of work i do see it quite often, unfortunately, that marine animals are trapped. it is painful to see because obviously we are, as a human, the cause of the underlying situation. so in this case, its a mass of nets which fishermen use to catch f...
Sea Turtle Fishing Nets Simon Lorenz Sri Lanka Ghost Net Hannah Rudd

BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:23:00

Good morning. the good news is in that particular case, the turtle survived. simon rescued it after taking the picture. but heartbreaking to see it tangled up. absolutely. unfortunately, this is becoming more common in the worlds oceans, particularly looking at ghost nets, discarded nets from commercial vessels that are left and they drift through the ocean and continue to fish for the rest of their lives. they might catch turtles, dolphins, other marine life. this one was lucky and thankfully t...
Simon Lorenz Ghost Net Marine Life Out Of Sight

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