Rangers use drones to survey north Australia coastline for ghost nets
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rangers use drones to survey north Australia coastline for ghost nets

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Australia's north is known for its endless, pristine beaches and unique wildlife. "The whole northern Australian coast gets covered in ghost nets, pretty much like spider webs. "A lot of marine life get caught up in them ghost nets," he said. "The money is well spent … 140 tonnes of debris has been removed and 800 ghost nets," she said. "Rangers have removed over 800 ghost nets and more than 1,137 cubic metres of marine debris, weighing more than 145,000 kilograms from hundreds of beaches and reefs in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Northern Australia."

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Turtles have to contend with thousands of nets left in the sea. Now there's a new way to help them
3 years, 6 months ago

Turtles have to contend with thousands of nets left in the sea. Now there's a new way to help them

ABC  

Anindilyakwa sea ranger Leyton Hastings loves his job protecting his sea country around the Groote Eylandt Archipelago in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Key points: The CSIRO has found the number of nets arriving has quadrupled in 16 years Government agencies are using new GPS trackers to help Indigenous rangers and commercial fishers recover nets The federal government says discussions are …

Monster ghost net hauled from remote waters could be first of seasonal marine waste
6 years ago

Monster ghost net hauled from remote waters could be first of seasonal marine waste

ABC  

One of the largest ghost nets ever encountered by local rangers has been hauled from remote waters off the Northern Territory coast, perhaps signalling the start of marine debris season. "It's not uncommon to find sea turtles, sharks and fish entangled in them," Tom Lawton from Anindilyakwa Land and Sea Rangers told ABC Radio Darwin's Liz Trevaskis. Tonnes of waste …

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