Joshua Cohn, Author at Oceana https://oceana.org We are Protecting the World's Oceans. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:05:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2021/05/cropped-cropped-Oceana_Icon_2Blue_RGB-01-32x32.png Joshua Cohn, Author at Oceana https://oceana.org 32 32 Ghost Gear: Pollution Haunting Our Oceans https://oceana.org/blog/ghost-gear-pollution-haunting-our-oceans/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:05:34 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=40579 What haunts the world’s oceans even now? Scarier than ghouls and goblins, ghost gear is a scourge upon the seas!  But unlike ghosts, derelict fishing gear, also known as ghost gear, has an observable effect on life in the ocean. Ghost gear can take many forms, like gillnets, pots, traps, or even just lines in ... Read more

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]]> The Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ocean Animals https://oceana.org/blog/the-impacts-of-plastic-pollution-on-ocean-animals/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:51:09 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=39913 Plastic pollution is deadly to ocean wildlife. Ingesting plastic can lead to slow and painful starvation, while plastic entanglement can cause loss of limbs and worse.  None of the ocean’s inhabitants are safe – not the largest whales nor the smallest fish. Some of the most impacted groups of marine animals are also some of ... Read more

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