Travel Bug Dog Tag GHOST NET !!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES!!!

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Released:
Friday, May 14, 2004
Origin:
Michigan, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Latimar back parks

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GHOST NET!!   YIKES!

 

Catches fish and kills them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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About This Item

To travel the US and spread the word about Ghost Nets. 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.

This bug wants to catch Travel Bugs that it meets. Place up to SIX bugs in the neat. Be sure and log each one into and out of the cache. When six are caught a release can be made. In the real world a Ghost Net doesn't release anything!

About This Item

Dying fish caught in a Ghost Net attract other fish which get caught too. Then they attract more fish. It is a bad cycle of death in a Ghost Net..

You can find out more by clicking this link NPR Story Link
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TB Restart Date:  12/18/2021
 

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    Tracking History (25218mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 11/19/2025 lbreedlove placed it in Latimar back parks Mississippi - 4.26 miles  Visit Log

    This is so neat the ghost net picked up in Southaven hoping to watch it travel further
    Retrieve It from a Cache 11/13/2025 lbreedlove retrieved it from DeSoto Trail #6 - Southaven Mississippi   Visit Log

    Picked up our first travel bug here and after a few trial and errors figured this out lol will be putting in our next find probably around OB also one of my favorite cemeteries in DeSoto county so much history TFTB
    Discovered It 8/21/2025 PatrickValerie discovered it Mississippi   Visit Log

    Spotted today!

    Discovered It 7/19/2025 Gyrocacher discovered it Mississippi   Visit Log

    When I first saw this I thought it was some sort of joke. Then I plugged in the tracking number and read the listing and it all made sense.

    Write note 6/29/2025 ello_kt posted a note for it   Visit Log

    Found this at the Edmondson Cemetery GC2W36H
    Dropped Off 6/20/2025 trekintime placed it in DeSoto Trail #6 - Southaven Mississippi - 109.98 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 6/20/2025 trekintime took it to Waterloo Trail of Tears Alabama - 102.69 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 6/20/2025 trekintime took it to EarthCache Fizzy Challenge: 36/81 Tennessee - .16 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 6/20/2025 trekintime took it to Log an Earthcache in 10 Different States Challenge Tennessee - .37 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 6/20/2025 trekintime took it to 100 Caches 100 Favorite Points Each Challenge Tennessee - .71 miles  Visit Log
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