Pollution of the world’s oceans is a growing and pervasive problem, and that is especially true of the increasing volume of ocean plastic. A staggering 12 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean every year, the equivalent of emptying a rubbish truck into the ocean every minute. All plastic in the oceans can trap, entangle, smother or kill animals. However there is one particular type of plastic pollution that is especially deadly because it is specifically designed to
catch and kill marine wildlife: Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear, or so-called ‘ghost gear’.
