ArticleScience advances2022
Global estimates of fishing gear lost to the ocean each year.
Article in Science advances, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Media analysis reveals the conservation risk of lost and active fishing gear in freshwater ecosystems of Hungary.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Pot losses and associated implications in Barents sea snow crab fishery.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Tracking bottom-fishing activities in protected vulnerable marine ecosystem areas and below 800-m depth in European Union waters.Science advances · 2025Article
- Impact of Bond-Slip Models on Debonding Behavior in Strengthened RC Slabs Using Recycled Waste Fishing Net Sheets.Polymers · 2024Article
- The Stockholm Convention at a Crossroads: Questionable Nominations and Inadequate Compliance Threaten Its Acceptance and Utility.Environmental science & technology · 2024Review
- The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health.Annals of global health · 2023Review
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4 authors.
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Abstract
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
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