A day out fishing is never really over when nets are left behindAbandoned fishing nets. Crab pots. Assorted marine debris. It all amounts to 6.5 million tons of floating garbage in the world's oceans. In addition to damaging ships, this synthetic material is killing a lot of fish and marine animals.
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), discarded fishing gear -- a.k.a. "ghost nets" -- make up about 10% of all marine litter.
That's a lot of dead sharks.
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