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http:\/\/theconversation.com\/ghostly-art-made-from-debris-that-menaces-marine-life-23992<\/a>\n\n6 March 2014, 4.27am GMT\nGhostly art, made from debris that menaces marine life\n\nBy Scott Mitchell, Australian Museum and Erik van Sebille\n\nWith more than half a million people participating in last Sunday?s\nClean Up Australia Day, it?s perhaps not surprising that some odd\nobjects came to light. Not all the rubbish was on land, and not all the\nrubbish was what you might normally expect to find in the water.\n\nIn New South Wales, divers in the Hastings River removed shopping\ntrolleys, mobile phones and a scooter, while Tasmania?s Derwent River\nyielded bicycles, car batteries and even furniture. It?s a reminder that\nindividual actions can have dramatic impacts underwater, especially when\nwe normally have no way of seeing it.\n\nNobody knows that better than the indigenous people who live on the Gulf\nof Carpentaria and Torres Strait, the parts of Australia most affected\nby drifting ghost nets. Lost or abandoned from fishing vessels, ghost\nnets can be up to 6 kilometres long and are known to kill more than 200\nspecies of marine animals and birds. They also damage culturally and\nbiologically significant reefs, and can be hazardous to the small boats\ntypically used by indigenous people.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/theconversation.com\/ghostly-art-made-from-debris-that-menaces-marine-life-23992 6 March 2014, 4.27am GMT Ghostly art, made from debris that menaces marine life By Scott Mitchell, Australian Museum and Erik van Sebille With more than half a million people participating in last Sunday?s Clean Up Australia Day, it?s perhaps not surprising that some odd objects came to light. Not all the rubbish was on land, and not all the rubbish was what you might normally expect to find in the water. In New South Wales, divers in the Hastings River removed shopping trolleys, mobile phones and a scooter, while Tasmania?s Derwent River yielded bicycles, car batteries and even furniture. It?s a reminder that individual actions can have dramatic impacts underwater, especially when we normally have no way of seeing it. Nobody knows that better than the indigenous people who live on the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait, the parts of Australia most affected by drifting ghost nets. Lost or abandoned from fishing vessels, ghost nets can be up to 6 kilometres long and are known to kill more than 200 species of marine animals and birds. They also damage culturally and biologically significant reefs, and can be hazardous to the small boats typically used by indigenous people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3588,3488],"tags":[3518,1585,1587],"yoast_head":"\nGhostly art, made from debris that menaces marine life - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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