Biodegradable fishing gear
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Current biodegradable fishing products are less effective than ones made from synthetic plastics. Therefore, convincing the commercial fishing industry to adopt them will be a challenging task.
Check out this organization that makes biodegradable fishing ropes and nets using biomaterials.
https://www.catchgreen.net/
Why not make fishing gear from biodegradable plastics, thus reducing the environmental impact of fishing?
Biodegradable fishing gear is long overdue; plastic fishing gear is regularly abandoned in seas and oceans, where it can continue polluting the waters and harming marine life for centuries.