Two percent of all fishing gear used worldwide ends up polluting the oceans. To put that into perspective the amount of longline fishing gear littering the ocean each year can circle the Earth more than 18 times. - discu.eu

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Two percent of all fishing gear used worldwide ends up polluting the oceans. To put that into perspective the amount of longline fishing gear littering the ocean each year can circle the Earth more than 18 times. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq0135 41 comments 13/10/2022 science