While any discarded plastic is a threat to marine environments the most harmful type are discarded fishing nets. Once abandoned, they lie just below the surface and create huge risks for all types ...

[Antony Gitonga, Standard] Abandoned fishing nets and thousands of plastic bottles are common on the shores of Lake Victoria. William Oketch, a fisherman at Dunga beach explains that disposing of ...

A 2016 survey by Japan's environment ministry found that nearly two-thirds of the plastic that washes ashore is from the fishing industry. Nets and ropes alone accounted for more than 40 percent ...