Deadliest catch: Thailand's 'ghost' fishing nets help Covid

Deadliest catch: Thailand's 'ghost' fishing nets help Covid fight
AFP
1/22/2021
AFP
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The "ghost nets" discarded from the country's lucrative fishing industry are a deadly source of plastic pollution
Underwater divers in plastic-choked waters off the coast of Thailand snip through discarded nets tangled around a reef -- a new initiative helping protect marine life and aiding the fight against coronavirus.
The "ghost nets" discarded from the country's lucrative fishing industry are a deadly source of plastic pollution, ensnaring turtles and cutting into delicate coral beds. 
Left unattended, "they could stay adrift for decades, either entrapping or becoming the food of marine animals," says Ingpat Pakchairatchakul of the London-based Environmental Justice Foundation.

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