Compostable fishing nets: An end to Ghost Nets in the oceans?

Ghost nets lost from fishing boats become deadly traps for marine wildlife, persisting for centuries. Now a South African/Swedish joint venture aims at ending the problem with compostable fishing nets. Fishing nets lost at sea are a major source of plastic pollution in the ocean.  These so-called "ghost nets" drift globally, ensnaring and killing fish, dolphins, seals, birds, and sea turtles. They can last up to 600 years, releasing microplastics as they slowly