NET CARPETS
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PACIFIC
OCEAN
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
INDIAN
OCEAN
PACIFIC
OCEAN
SOUTH
AMERICA
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
AFRICA
ANTARCTICA
NORTH
AMERICA E
UROPE
ARCTICCIRCLE
ANTARCTICCIRCLE
Experts
think just one
fishing net can
entangle up to
40 animals.
Harbor
seals can’t rotate
their hind flippers
forward to walk on
land—they can only
scoot forward on
their bellies.
In the
northeast
United States,
about 880 seals were
accidentally caught
in fishing nets over
a seven-year
period.
Kick off your shoes and take a seat
on the ... fishing nets? An initiative
called Net-Works helps fishing com-
munities in the Philippines, a coun-
try in Southeast Asia, and Cameroon,
a country in Africa, to collect aban-
doned fishing nets from the ocean
that endanger marine life. The nets
are then recycled and made into
carpet. The group has already gath-
ered enough nets to go around the
world four times!
HARBOR SEAL
Off the coast of
Owls Head, Maine
2 3
THE SCARED SEAL ATTEMPTS TO
ESCAPE BEFORE THE ROPES ARE
COMPLETELY REMOVED.
THE SEAL IS FINALLY ROPE-FREE. ONE
OF THE FISHERMEN LOWERS THE
ANIMAL BACK INTO ITS OCEAN HOME.
ETCARPETS
POLLUTION
SOLUTION
Polar regions