{"id":30686,"date":"2014-12-31T18:28:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T16:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2014\/12\/31\/the-pervasive-impact-of-ghost-fishing\/"},"modified":"2014-12-31T18:28:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T16:28:59","slug":"the-pervasive-impact-of-ghost-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/nonresearch-en\/2014\/the-pervasive-impact-of-ghost-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pervasive Impact of &#8220;Ghost Fishing&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seaweb.org\/science\/GhostFishing.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.seaweb.org\/science\/GhostFishing.php<\/a>\n\nThe Pervasive Impact of \"Ghost Fishing\"\n\nStudy finds impacts of ghost fishing by derelict traps in U.S. waters\nare pervasive, persistent, and largely preventable\n\nSome 180,000 Dungeness crab ? with a monetary value of $740,000 ? die in\nderelict fishing traps every year in Puget Sound. Close to one million\nblue crabs succumb annually in them in the Virginia portion of\nChesapeake Bay. Sensitive habitats, such as seagrass meadows and corals,\nare damaged while threatened and endangered species can be caught\nthereby reducing the chances of their recovery.\n\nThese are just a few of the impacts associated with derelict fishing\ntraps according to a recent study published in Marine Pollution\nBulletin. The study's authors, led by Courtney Arthur of NOAA's Marine\nDebris Division in Silver Spring, Maryland, looked at seven regions\nwhere trap fisheries occur in one of the first attempts to document the\nscope of the problem in U.S. waters. And that problem, they conclude, is\npervasive and persistent, with a cumulative impact on target and\nnon-target species likely exceeding that recognized by fisheries managers.\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14004305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14004305<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14004305\/pdfft?md5=4caf63e0e86a997018c5a792583e35fe&amp;pid=1-s2.0-S0025326X14004305-main.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14004305\/pdfft?md5=4caf63e0e86a997018c5a792583e35fe&amp;pid=1-s2.0-S0025326X14004305-main.pdf<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.seaweb.org\/science\/GhostFishing.php The Pervasive Impact of &#8220;Ghost Fishing&#8221; Study finds impacts of ghost fishing by derelict traps in U.S. waters are pervasive, persistent, and largely preventable Some 180,000 Dungeness crab ? with a monetary value of $740,000 ? die in derelict fishing traps every year in Puget Sound. Close to one million blue crabs succumb annually in them in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay. Sensitive habitats, such as seagrass meadows and corals, are damaged while threatened and endangered species can be caught thereby reducing the chances of their recovery. These are just a few of the impacts associated with derelict fishing traps according to a recent study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin. The study&#8217;s authors, led by Courtney Arthur of NOAA&#8217;s Marine Debris Division in Silver Spring, Maryland, looked at seven regions where trap fisheries occur in one of the first attempts to document the scope of the problem in U.S. waters. And that problem, they conclude, is pervasive and persistent, with a cumulative impact on target and non-target species likely exceeding that recognized by fisheries managers. http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14004305 http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14004305\/pdfft?md5=4caf63e0e86a997018c5a792583e35fe&amp;pid=1-s2.0-S0025326X14004305-main.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3488],"tags":[2467,1309],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Pervasive Impact of &quot;Ghost Fishing&quot; - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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Sensitive habitats, such as seagrass meadows and corals, are damaged while threatened and endangered species can be caught thereby reducing the chances of their recovery. These are just a few of the impacts associated with derelict fishing traps according to a recent study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin. The study&#039;s authors, led by Courtney Arthur of NOAA&#039;s Marine Debris Division in Silver Spring, Maryland, looked at seven regions where trap fisheries occur in one of the first attempts to document the scope of the problem in U.S. waters. 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