Geisternetze, 2023
Zeichnung und Aquarell auf Papier
jeweils 25 x 18 cm
„Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing nets (i.e., ghost nets) strongly affect biodiversity in marine ecosystems of numerous localities around the world. Based on videos posted by different people in YouTube™, we accessed the negative effects of these gears in the Mediterranean Sea. We identified 86 species, from 12 groups, in 12 countries within the Mediterranean region (including in the Africa, Europe, and Asia). Of the species entangled in ghost nets, 10 are considered threatened with extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Fishes and macrocrustaceans were the most recorded groups entangled in ghost nets. We also identified algae, other invertebrates (i.e., cnidarians, echinoderms, molluscs, poriferans, tunicates) and vertebrates (i.e., turtles and mammals).“
(J. F. Perroca, T. Giarrizzo, E. Azzurro, J. L. Rodrigues-Filho, C. V. Silva, M. S. Arcifa & V. M. Azevedo-Santos: Negative effects of ghost nets on Mediterranean biodiversity)