Rescue of two sea turtles from abandoned, lost, or Otherwise discarded fishing gear during survey of the southeast coast of India

Zainul Abid, P M and Utthamapandian, U and Vishnu, C B and Anto, Alvin and Ratheesh Kumar, R (2025) Rescue of two sea turtles from abandoned, lost, or Otherwise discarded fishing gear during survey of the southeast coast of India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter, 41. pp. 10-11. ISSN 0973-1965

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Abstract

Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded !shing gear (ALDFG) poses a signi!cant threat to marine wildlife, particularly endangering sea turtles, !sh, and marine mammals worldwide (Macfadyen et al., 2009; Wilcox et al., 2013; Azevedo-Santos et al., 2021; Gunasekaran et al., 2024). Fishing gear is typically made of non-biodegradable materials like polyamide (PA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) (Gunasekaran et al., 2024). Once lost or discarded, it can persist in the environment for years to decades (Battisti et al., 2019; Gilman et al., 2022; "omas et al., 2023) and result in “ghost !shing”.

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