Ghost fishing

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Ghost fishing is a sad reality of the fishing industry, where abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear continues to fish.

It can be particularly troublesome as smaller trapped animals entice larger predators, who themselves get tangled. A net, after all, can continue to work whether we're around to pull it in or not.

Recovering lost fishing gear is a challenging and often dangerous job. See, for example, ghostdiving.org

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Bycatch—other stuff you caught while trying to catch something else
The tragedy of the commons
The Law of Unintended Consequences
Strand line

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Ghost grid
Ghost cooking—the art of cooking leaving a sparkling, untouched kitchen
Only dead fish go with the flow
Types of phishing
You get what you measure
Ghoti - crazy English

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Published 1 Mar 2017

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