Tag: mermaids
As ghost junk haunts the sea, ‘mermaids’ are fighting back
Sitting on the side of a small boat off the coast of Baja California, suited up in diving gear, a group of 10 women prepared to descend into the chilly waters. Their mission? Remove as much “ghost gear” as possible. Abandoned fishing lines, nets and traps are a pervasive and deadly threat to the world’s…