Giving children a net to catch fish with will keep them busy for hours in the water. Iris Alisha, 13, enjoying a close view of a shoal of copper masheer in a stream at Taman Eko Rimba Kledang.

Season’s first catch nets more plastic than fish in South Goa. Hindustan Times, Panaji | By Gerard de Souza . Sep 01, 2020 05:42 PM IST . Share Via. Copy Link.

Catching Plastic: Fishermen on ... removing countless strands of cellulose-type plastic from the nets. ... Some 800 shopping bags made of plastic sewed together in the shape of a fish are laid out ...

He says they are catching fewer fish than they used to, and there’s an increase in plastic in their haul. He and his fellow fishermen spend hours separating the plastic and fish after a catch.

In a business-as-usual scenario, the ocean is expected to contain 1 tonne of plastic for every 3 tonnes of fish by 2025, and by 2050, more plastics than fish (by weight).

Fishing plastic 'ghost nets' out of the Baltic. Reposaari (Finland) (AFP) – ... picking out old fishing nets that were abandoned or lost in the water but which still catch fish and other wildlife.

It continues to catch fish even after it's been discarded or lost – a phenomenon known as "ghost fishing." Sponsor Message The researchers were also surprised to discover there was more plastic ...