Marine Institute Removing Ghost Gear Swept Out to Sea During Hurricane Fiona
The Marine Institute is working to remove ghost gear plunged to the depths of the ocean by Hurricane Fiona.
Ghost gear is fishing gear that has been abandoned or lost at sea, remaining in the ocean.
The Marine Institute’s Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources, thanks to $1 million in federal funding, is mapping the ocean floor between Cape St. George and St. George’s to find gear that had been swept out to sea by the raging storm last September.
Project Lead Mark Santos says they used sonar to scan and map the area and have identified around 1,000 potential pieces of ghost gear.
He says now they will go out with ROVs to confirm and identify the targets, and then attach ropes to the gear to retrieve it with the help of local harvesters.
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