EIA is currently participating in a meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) which is seeking to push ahead with actions to tackle two major sources of marine plastic pollution – plastic pellets and fishing gear
Successful and highly significant rescue of an endangered Arabian Sea humpback whale entangled in fishing gear
Of all the sea-based sources of marine plastic pollution, the most common, and also the most harmful, is lost and discarded fishing gear, also referred to as ‘ghost gear’
There is significant work to be done to collect data on ghost gear in Africa and raise the profile of the problem