.@Sonapesca_cl and @BureoInc ensure that used fishing nets in Chile are no longer discarded, but collected, processed & recycled into all kinds of products, with profits going into sustainable community projects. #OurOcean Blog ➡️ https://t.co/BZ1cRpSrhj 📸: Viola Gaskell https://t.co/DRNsPSQERI

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Our Ocean 2019 – Sonapesca-Bureo Partnership Finds Net Positives in Gear Recycling Scheme

Marine plastic pollution has only recently begun to capture the public’s imagination, but now it’s right near the top of global concerns. However, while campaigns to ban single-use water bottles are certainly worth pursuing, the fishing industry remains a significant contributor of plastics in our ocean. With its 4,270km of coastline and the seventh largest fishing region in the world, Chile is only too aware of the issue – and Sonapesca, the country’s national fisheries society, took action and confronted