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Ghost Net Art: Pormpuraaw

Lost or abandoned nets from fishing vessels, or ‘ghost nets’, can be up to 6 kilometres long and are known to kill more than 200 species of marine animals and birds. The waste nets also damage culturally and biologically significant reefs, and can be hazardous to the small boats typically used by Aboriginal people. Fortunately, Aboriginal communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait are taking the lead in dealing with ghost nets, removing them from beaches through their Caring for Country and Ranger programs. Pormpuraaw’s local Indigenous rangers regularly patrol about 70km of local beaches, removing nets that are sometimes so large they need heavy earth-moving machinery to haul them out of the ocean. However, instead of being burnt or dumped, the waste net is increasingly being recycled and used for sculptural works by the community’s artists.