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Project Goals Outreach through online materials and community meetings Regional partnerships with stakeholders Produce an action plan for removal Host a workshop to review the plan STAY TUNED FOR WORKSHOP AND PUBLIC MEETING DATES To learn more about this project please visit the project website PROJECT PARTNERS Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island Global Ghost Gear Initiative Narragansett Bay Estuary Program Net Your Problem University of Rhode Island Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation This project is funded by WHAT IS GHOST GEAR Why is it a problem for Rhode Island

What is Ghost Gear Discarded or lost fishing gear is called ghost gear and has negative ecological and fisheries effects Ghost Gear In Narragansett Bay A PLAN TO REMOVE GHOST GEAR Annually over 640 000 metric tons of fishing gear may be lost globally This gear may indiscriminately continue to catch and kill animals causing a self baiting cycle that attracts more animals into the ghost gear We are developing a regional planning document describing how to finance locate remove recycle and dispose of ghost gear in Rhode Island and the steps for implementation Can cause navigational hazards and gets caught in active fishermen s gear damaging nets and lines Ghost gear locations in Narragansett Bay RI This map shows fishermen locations in gray with black representing multiple responses The locations were confirmed using underwater video Funded by 11th Hour Racing MA DMF NFWF Final Report 2012 NFWF 0306 09 018690 For more information and an interactive map see the project webpage