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The Ocean Cleanup Returns to San Francisco - YouTube (youtube.com)

submitted 1 week ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/tidalpunk

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[–] solo 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This looks like a very interesting project but I'm not sure I understand how the net works so it catches only plastics and not fish. Or are fish caught as well in this process?

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a surface level net basically

[–] solo 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you for pointing me towards the right direction, so I found the following link:

Precise, gentle and efficient - The cleanup system has been specially designed and tailored for this purpose. It is four meters deep and designed as a funnel with an opening at the bottom to ensure that fish and other marine life are not trapped when trawling for marine plastic.