#fishing line
A Risso’s dolphin caught up in fishing line. Dolphin numbers in the Indian Ocean may have dropped by more than 80% in recent decades, with an estimated 4 million small cetaceans caught as “by-catch” in commercial tuna fishing nets since 1950, according to a study
Photograph: Andrew Sutton/Central Studio
(viaThe week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)
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Yesterday, myself and another ornithologist recovered the dead body of an adult black-crowned night-heron from City Park in Denver, CO. The bird’s foot was tangled in discarded fishing line that was then wound around a tree branch in a rookery. Based on the bird being unable to leave the tree branch, it died slowly, unable to get free.
This morning I went to Belmar Park in Lakewood, CO to photograph birds. I found fishing line in the mouth of an adult great blue heron that had just brought a meal of fish to its nestlings. Worse yet, I found a double-crested cormorant, tangled in fishing line, hanging dead from a tree in the rookery.
Improperly discarded fishing line kills birds in terrible ways. It’s not just an issue in an ocean far away, or in fishing towns, it’s an issue right in your local parks.
Please properly account for and dispose of fishing line and encourage others to be responsible as well. Life is hard enough for wild animals, don’t make it that much harder.
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Swastika Brand fishing line. Not sure of the date,but probably around 1930. I believe Swastika Brand became the now known “Ashaway” brand.
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Ashaway fishing line from around 1930. Ashaway was formed in 1824 and still exists today out of Rhode Island - still family owned after 6 generations.
They produced the first nylon product in the world, and were the first to use kevlar in tennis racket strings and dacron in fishing line.
Ashaway used the swastika logo from around 1900 (maybe even prior) until around 1934, when the logo seemed to disappear from their products as the Third Reich had become more of a power when Hitler became sole leader of Germany.
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Is always MerMay in my heart and I never got much mermaid related done within May anyway. And instead of despairing over feeling I can never figure out any good sea creature designs myself, lemme just indulge in existing designs I love!
@bloo-the-dragon’s Geggy and Tiaki are just such cute little murder fish, I love the amount of lore and story telling Bloo puts into their creations.
I hope I did them justice, do enjoy!
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