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and the problem with abandoned nets is that they keep catching things. 0n 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 s the most exciting thing they ve seen all day and they ll play with it, and that entanglement is unfortunately life threatening. so, how does all that fishing gear get there? we ll just change this and change that. some of it s lost, 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

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