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Underwater 'ghost nets' posing threat to marine ecosystem off Kerala.

The Gulf of Carpentaria off Australia's northern coast has one of the highest rates of abandoned fishing nets, or so-called ghostnets, anywhere in the world. In fact, up to three tonnes of netting washes ashore each year for every kilometre of coastline.

Saving olive ridleys of the Indian Ocean.

Thousands of turtles, marine animals victims of plastic fishing nets polluting Gulf of Carpentaria.

Traditional hunting gets headlines, but is not the big threat to turtles and dugongs.