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How 'lost' fishing nets kill marine life, feed you plastics

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Unlike plastic bags, fishing gear, and other macroplastic waste are so insidious because they are invisible to the naked eye. [iStockphoto]

When John Odhiambo, a Lake Victoria fisherman, and his colleagues were attacked by crocodiles, they were forced to abandon the nets in the water.

"We lost the nets but we had to save our lives. Luckily no one was injured," Odhiambo says.

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