IPLF Launches Maldives Project with First Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award
The International Pole and Line Foundation announced its first partnership with the Olive Ridley Project, funded by the inaugural Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions award, in the Maldive Islands.
The Indian Ocean surrounding the Maldives is habitat for five of the seven remaining marine turtle species: Green, Hawksbill, Olive Ridley, Loggerhead and Leatherback. More than any other threat, ghost gear -- nets lost at sea that continue to fish as they drift on ocean currents -- is the most deadly for sea turtles and other marine mammals...
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