{"id":6826,"date":"2019-11-06T13:13:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T00:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?page_id=6826"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:34:47","slug":"stop-ghost-fishing-gear","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/act\/stop-ghost-fishing-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Ghost Fishing Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            Stop Ghost Fishing Gear\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n                        <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1.25rem\">\n                            Ghost fishing gear is nets, ropes and other detritus that&#8217;s either lost or abandoned at sea. It&#8217;s one of the largest sources of plastic pollution, and it&#8217;s the most deadly to marine life. For decades, this ghost gear can go on snaring and killing ocean creatures, causing devastating injury and death. Even when this gear breaks down into smaller pieces, it continues to kill through ingestion. We&#8217;ve got a plan to stop it, but we&#8217;re going to need your help to do so. \u00a0\n                        <\/p>\n                    \n\n                \n                        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\">\n                            <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/oceans-ghostfishing\" target=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                                TAKE ACTION\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"803\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/11\/8d3bd306-gp0geo_medium_res.jpg\"\n                        alt=\"\"\n                        sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/11\/8d3bd306-gp0geo_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/11\/8d3bd306-gp0geo_medium_res-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/11\/8d3bd306-gp0geo_medium_res-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/11\/8d3bd306-gp0geo_medium_res-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/11\/8d3bd306-gp0geo_medium_res-508x340.jpg 508w\" class=\"wp-image-6831 size-full\"\n                    \/>\n                <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;no_image&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Problem&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Discarded \\u2018ghost\\u2019 fishing gear is one of the largest sources of plastic pollution in our oceans, but right now, commercial fishing companies are getting off the hook and not being held to account for their part in this crisis.&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Solution&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;We can protect our oceans and stop dangerous ghost fishing gear from New Zealand going on an endless killing spree, but we have to act together to make that a reality, by calling on our representatives to hold the fishing industry to account. If we include fishing gear into the Waste Management Act, fishing companies will be forced to take responsibility for their gear.&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false}]}}\"><\/div><div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/gallery\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;gallery_block_style&quot;:0,&quot;gallery_block_title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;gallery_block_description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;multiple_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;gallery_block_focus_points&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_data&quot;:[],&quot;images&quot;:[]}}\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-query posts-list p4-query-loop is-custom-layout-list is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n        <div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cfe5ce44 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n        <li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item see-all-link wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/news-stories\/?tag=oceans&#038;post-type=story\"><span data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"See More Link\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">See all stories<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n        \n        <\/div>\n        \n\n    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 24px; 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>Greens\u2019 policy announcement a win for fresh water and oceans, but Labour must follow<\/a><\/h3>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the announcement from the Green Party that, if elected, they will phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, reduce the size of the dairy herd and lower the the legal limit for nitrate contamination. <\/p><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Author\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/wappelbe\/'>Will Appelbe<\/a><\/span>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-06T17:03:14+12:00\">6 July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n        \n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/li><\/ul>\n\n    \n<div 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