The Ocean Cleanup Returns to San Francisco
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It’s been six years since we launched the world’s first cleanup system from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. A lot has happened since then. ...
  • solo@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This looks like a very interesting project but I’m not sure I understand how the net works so it catches only plastics and not fish. Or are fish caught as well in this process?

      • solo@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Thank you for pointing me towards the right direction, so I found the following link:

        Precise, gentle and efficient - The cleanup system has been specially designed and tailored for this purpose. It is four meters deep and designed as a funnel with an opening at the bottom to ensure that fish and other marine life are not trapped when trawling for marine plastic.