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Canada cleans up nearly 700 metric tons of lost fishing gear from 2022 storm Fiona

By Wa Lone TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada said on Monday it helped pay for the removal of 695 metric tons of lost fishing gear in Atlantic Canada, which was hit by storm Fiona in 2022. The storm surge swept up fishing equipment such as nets and rope, k. ....

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Canada cleans up over 600 tonnes of lost fishing gear from areas hit by Hurricane Fiona

The Government of Canada is working hard to protect our oceans and the marine life they sustain. Lost, abandoned and discarded fishing gear, or ghost gear, is a significant source of plastic pollution that can stay in our water for hundreds of years,. ....

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In Graphic Detail: Gluts of Ghost Gear

Each year, a staggering amount of fishing gear is discarded into the ocean. ....

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Paddle Logger and the Save The Waves Coalition – working together for a better environment

Paddle Logger is one of the leading apps for tracking your paddle activities when you are on the water, in the summer of 2023 they teamed up with Save The Waves, an organisation working to protect surf ecosystems. This is an incredibly important mission and something that David Walker from Paddle Logger and Diego Sancho ....

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How Canada is leading the world's 'ghost gear' clean-up efforts

Abandoned nets and other fishing equipment can be deadly to sea life, but a network of non-profits, researchers and government agencies tries to catch what it can ....

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