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Animal welfare group pushes FAO to get behind net tagging

'A staggering 640,000 metric tons, the equivalent of 52,000 London double-decker buses, of ghost gear is left in our oceans each year' -- World Animal Protection

By Undercurrent News | July 9, 2018 16:27 BST
Loggerhead turtle trapped in an abandoned drifting net, Balearic Channel, Mediterranean sea. Credit: World Animal Protection
Loggerhead turtle trapped in an abandoned drifting net, Balearic Channel, Mediterranean sea. Credit: World Animal Protection
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World Animal Protection (WAP), an international non-profit animal welfare organization, this week is using the 33rd Committee on Fisheries (COFI), in Rome, Italy, to push for all fishing nets to contain identification tags by 2025 [...]

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