Environmental Engineering Reference
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and fabric, for consumer products such as denim. They will
also seek to close the loop by again recycling these products at
the end of their product life and manufacturing new products
in such a way as to not further pollute.
Biodegradable fishing gear can greatly reduce problems
caused by ghost fishing. Biodegradable fishing line, based
on dissolvable surgery suture technology, has been devel-
oped. Modifications are needed to disarm gear once it is lost.
Researchers developed an oval panel for fish traps that would
degrade, leaving an opening for animals. Once the panel dis-
solves, any animal that can enter the trap can also escape. Crab
pots with a biodegradable panel were tested in the blue crab
fishery in Chesapeake Bay. Commercial crabbers deployed
pots with the panels as well as standard pots and found no
reduction in the catch, showing that biodegradable panels can
be a viable solution to derelict pots.
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