All Lost gear articles
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NewsLost trawl gear returned from Svalbard
A lost section of a trawl has been returned and put back to use – more than a year after it came fast in the Barents Sea
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NewsLess plastic landfill as fishing gear goes for recycling
Under an initiative by New Zealand fishing company Sealord and Nelson-based fishing gear supplier Motueka Nets, fishing gear that has reached the end of its useful life is being routed to recycling and alternative uses instead of heading for landfill
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NewsNorway’s fishing gear clean-up breaks records
With 37,000 metres of nets retrieved from fishing grounds, in addition to thousands of metres of lines, ropes and warps, this year’s seabed clean-up operation by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has this year returned record results
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NewsCost of lost gear revealed
New research reveals nearly 2% of commercial fishing gear ends ups in the world’s oceans each year
