Travel Bug Dog Tag GHOST NET!!!! A KILLER!!!! Go to West Coast Ocean Cities! Spread the word!!!!

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Released:
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Origin:
Michigan, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of quirktoo.

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This Painted Wood Disk Travel Bug wants to go to caches along the West Coast and spread the word about;  GHOST NETS!!!!   Take photos of caching FUN along the way and post them here!!

GHOST NET!

What is a ghost net??? They are fishing nets that have been lost accidentally, deliberately discarded, or simply abandoned at sea. They travel the oceans of the world with the currents and tides continually fishing as they progress through the waters. As they are unattended and roaming, they fish indiscriminately, not only catching threatened species but undersized and protected fish as well. It is a real problem. In the old days the nets were made of twine and ropes. They would decompose after awhile. Now they are made of nylon which just goes on and on to fish for years and years. Do a web search and check out how widespread of a problem it is.

You can find out more by clicking this link NPR Story Link

 

  TB Restart Date:  2/23/2021

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GHOST NET!

You can find out more by clicking this link NPR Story Link

What is a ghost net??? They are fishing nets that have been lost accidentally, deliberately discarded, or simply abandoned at sea. They travel the oceans of the world with the currents and tides continually fishing as they progress through the waters. As they are unattended and roaming, they fish indiscriminately, not only catching threatened species but undersized and protected fish as well. It is a real problem. In the old days the nets were made of twine and ropes. They would decompose after awhile. Now they are made of nylon which just goes on and on to fish for years and years. Do a web search and check out how widespread of a problem it is.

You can find out more by clicking this link NPR Story Link

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Tracking History (4633.7mi) View Map

Discovered It 6/30/2021 cosmo411 discovered it Michigan   Visit Log

Discovered prior to going Kayaking. TFTC
Dropped Off 6/30/2021 DirtBikeGranny placed it in EliCalli Visits Benzie Michigan - 162.36 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/28/2021 DirtBikeGranny took it to East Dayton SQ Michigan - 105.92 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/24/2021 DirtBikeGranny retrieved it from Trolls Treasure Michigan   Visit Log

Picked up today and will move shortly. Thank you for sharing.
Dropped Off 5/1/2021 dazeoff1 placed it in Trolls Treasure Michigan - 10.68 miles  Visit Log

We saw this trackable in our cache but it was still logged in another cache so I grabbed it and dropped it at it’s current location. It wants to go to the west coast...please help it on it’s way.

Grab It (Not from a Cache) 5/1/2021 dazeoff1 grabbed it   Visit Log

This travel bug showed up in our Devil’s Creek cache GC98CH2 so I am moving it there.

Dropped Off 3/4/2021 TreePlanter placed it in Higgins Lake- Exit 206 TB Hotel Michigan - 690.51 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/4/2021 TreePlanter took it to Lyon Twp Centennial Michigan - 72.23 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/3/2021 TreePlanter took it to Troop 50750 Michigan - .22 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/3/2021 TreePlanter took it to Ethan Birthday cache Michigan - 889.64 miles  Visit Log
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