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Chunks of polystyrene were the most commonly observed large items, but by weight lost fishing gear, such as floats, lines and nets, accounted for most.
More than a hundred boats were lost; fishing nets, some worth almost as much as the boats, were damaged or lost.
Abandoned and lost fishing gear makes up about 10 percent of the trash that collects in the world's oceans, according to a report from the United Nations.
Other studies have looked at the impact of lost fishing nets in Puget Sound in Washington and off the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where more than 600 tons of nets were collected.
Factors affecting the impacts of lost fishing gear include sessile invertebrate density, the density of lost fishing gear, and gear length.
Because of the lost fishing grounds following an MPA establishment, local fishermen usually oppose MPAs.
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It might even allow the lost fish stocks to recover.
He added: "At first, when we lost fish, we'd be all traumatized.
When a trawler damages the sea bed, it is the whole fleet that pays the price in lost fish.
That plan would have relied heavily on mechanical means, including bulldozing of banks and channels, to restore lost fish habitats.
Crayfish guts contained remains of some lost fish and they were observed to catch fish of both species.
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