Over 11,000 tonnes of fishing gear discarded at sea in EU every year

The European Commission has vowed to tackle the burgeoning problem of marine waste.

The European Commission has vowed to tackle the burgeoning problem of marine waste, zoning in on the 11,000 tonnes of fishing gear lost or discarded at sea in the EU every year.

As part of the overall single-use plastic reduction targets, the EU's executive branch said it is proposing new measures on reporting lost fishing gear and its retrieval.