Global estimates of fishing gear lost to the ocean each year

Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is a major contributor to ocean pollution, with extensive social, economic, and environmental impacts. However, quantitative ALDFG estimates are dated and limited in scope. To provide current global estimates, we interviewed fishers around...

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Autores principales: Richardson, Kelsey, Hardesty, Britta Denise, Vince, Joanna, Wilcox, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022
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Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9555783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36223462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abq0135
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description Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is a major contributor to ocean pollution, with extensive social, economic, and environmental impacts. However, quantitative ALDFG estimates are dated and limited in scope. To provide current global estimates, we interviewed fishers around the world about how much fishing gear they lose annually and multiplied reported losses by global fishing effort data. We estimate that nearly 2% of all fishing gear, comprising 2963 km(2) of gillnets, 75,049 km(2) of purse seine nets, 218 km(2) of trawl nets, 739,583 km of longline mainlines, and more than 25 million pots and traps are lost to the ocean annually. These estimates represent critical baselines that can inform solutions targeted to ALDFG reduction strategies.
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spelling pubmed-95557832022-10-26 Global estimates of fishing gear lost to the ocean each year Richardson, Kelsey Hardesty, Britta Denise Vince, Joanna Wilcox, Chris Sci Adv Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is a major contributor to ocean pollution, with extensive social, economic, and environmental impacts. However, quantitative ALDFG estimates are dated and limited in scope. To provide current global estimates, we interviewed fishers around the world about how much fishing gear they lose annually and multiplied reported losses by global fishing effort data. We estimate that nearly 2% of all fishing gear, comprising 2963 km(2) of gillnets, 75,049 km(2) of purse seine nets, 218 km(2) of trawl nets, 739,583 km of longline mainlines, and more than 25 million pots and traps are lost to the ocean annually. These estimates represent critical baselines that can inform solutions targeted to ALDFG reduction strategies. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9555783/ /pubmed/36223462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abq0135 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, so long as the resultant use is not for commercial advantage and provided the original work is properly cited.
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