Biodegradable fishing nets

Every year, thousands of animals, including sea animals, sharks as well as birds have died due to being trapped in fishing nets. According to the World Wildlife Fund, every 2 minutes, a dolphin dies due to fishing equipment being trapped and sometimes left unused.

Remora Grid System. (Photo: twitter)

In order to help prevent this situation, a Spanish engineer named Alejandro Plasencia has developed a system called Remora, which includes a biodegradable nets, Online (RFID), an RFID reader and a smartphone application.

Remora will help fishers find and repair broken nets instead of letting them drift off the sea and become "ghost nets." In case of missing mesh, RFID reader and smartphone application can help determine their position.

Remora's distinctive feature is that d2w-containing grids can help the environmentally-friendly degradation of debris.