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Move away from fish and toward plant-based aquaculture

Thank you for covering the death of the sharks due to abandoned nets. I applaud Dominick Martin-Mayes, Mark Elliott and the divers for removing the...
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New warnings over ‘ghost nets’ after dive boat finds trapped sharks

New warnings about "ghost nets" have been issued after two dead sharks were found tangled up in a large fishing net in the waters off East End.

Couple removes giant fishing net from Little Cayman beach

It took nearly a month, 20 miles of walking back and forth, and an enormous amount of dragging and carrying, but John and Carol Koerner have removed a 150-foot-long and 40-foot-wide abandoned fishing net from a Little Cayman beach where it was sat for years.

Shark killed as ghost net causes coral damage in South Sound

A nurse shark was killed and two others, along with several species of fish, were rescued by Department of Environment officers after the marine creatures became trapped in a ‘ghost net’ in South Sound, near the Pallas wreck.

Department of Environment rescue turtle from ‘ghost net’

Department of Environment officers, en route by boat to Cayman Brac last week, freed a turtle they came across that was trapped in a floating ‘ghost net’.

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Recovered ghost net may be reincarnated as sports shoes

Material from a deadly ghost net removed from Cayman’s waters last week is being shipped to the U.S. and may be used in the manufacture of Adidas sports shoes.

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