Fishing Rope Waste Washed into the Atlantic Ocean, Scotland.
Waves break over a small piece of fishing rope debris which is taken into the Atlantic Ocean on a remote shoreline of Harris, Scotland.
- Image ID 56062556
- Production Year 2023
- Length 00:00:28
- Production Company JHPVisuals
- Resolution
- FormatMP4
Synopsis
In 2020 the WWF reported that fishing gear accounted for roughly 10% of ocean debris. Between 500,000 to 1 million tons of fishing gear are discarded or lost in the ocean every year.
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JHPVisuals