150kg abandoned fishing nets cleared off Dwarka coast | Rajkot News – Times of India

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Rajkot: Ghost fishing gear not only poses a threat to marine life. To deal with this threat, scientists and forest department recently undertook a drive off the coast of Mithapur in Devbhumi Dwarka and removed 150kg of ghost gear including monofilament gill nets from the sea bed.
A team of scuba divers cleared a 3 km coast off Mithapur between Feb 29 and March 3.Ghost gears are fishing nets discarded near the beach or in the sea that kill marine creatures. Ghost fishing occurs when passive gears such as gill nets, trammel nets and traps are lost or discarded. tnn
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