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Ghost nets removed from Greek seabed

Ghost nets removed from Greek seabed

Divers inflate lifting bags attached to a ghost fishing net on the seabed at the village of Stratoni, near Halkidiki. Greek and Dutch divers have removed two tons of discarded plastic fishing nets from the seabed in northern Greece, where they posed a risk to local marine life, including a rare endangered species of Mediterranean seahorse. [Areti Kominou/Ghost Fishing Greece/Handout via Reuters]

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