Thomas, Saly N. and K. M., Sandhya (2019) Ghost nets: Invisible fishers in the seas. Aqua International, 27 (6). pp. 66-68.
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Fishing gears may get lost into the seas due to rough weather conditions, damages in the gear, entanglement with bottom obstructions like wrecks and reefs or sometimes dragged away by other fishing gears/ boats. Also gears may be discarded intentionally into seas by fishermen if the gear is found defective. These lost gears referred to as abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) continue to catch fishes eventhough fishermen have lost the control over those gears. The phenomenon of capturing target and non-target fishes and other aquatic organisms by ALDFG known as Ghost fishing causes several harmful impacts on fish stocks as well as on endangered species and benthic habitats (Smolowitz, 1978).
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Fishers, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Fishing Gear, Ocean Pollution, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Marine Living Organism, Fish Catch, Puducherry, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Fisheries Information, Ghost Net, Abandoned, Lost or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG), Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU), Debris, Ghost Fishing |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Vivek D ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 23 May 2023 06:29 |
| Last Modified: | 23 May 2023 06:29 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19799 |
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