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"Ghost gear" initiative aims to recover lost and abandoned fishing gear

Name: "Ghost gear" initiative aims to recover lost and abandoned fishing gear
Uploaded: 2021-10-27T08:34:10-0400
Duration: 5 min 18 s
Description: More than 600,000 tons of lost and abandoned fishing gear is believed to end up in the world's oceans every year. CBS News correspondent Nancy Chen reports on the effort to clean up "ghost gear" from Portland, Maine.

More than 600,000 tons of lost and abandoned fishing gear is believed to end up in the world's oceans every year. CBS News correspondent Nancy Chen reports on the effort to clean up "ghost gear" from Portland, Maine.