Bahrain further continues to prove its commitment to saving its environment, this time with their plans to consider banning plastic fishing around the kingdom.
In a report by Gulf Daily News, Bahrain is considering requiring fishermen and industry players to return to older fibrous plant materials for fishing.
Bahrain Volunteer Dive Team (BVDT) spearheaded a proposal that urges fishermen to once again use the more environmentally-friendly fibrous plant materials for fishing.
Dutch non-government engineering environmental organization Ocean Cleanup said that around 46 percent of the plastic in the Great Pacific garbage patch is made up of discarded fishing nets.
These nets, social magazine Time Out reported, are being eaten by fish that are mistaking them for food. Some nets even trap and ultimately kill turtles, dolphins, and other sea creatures.
BVDT also called for CCTV cameras to be installed in all ports should the ban get implemented, so violators can be caught.
The dive group also takes part in the national campaign “Our Seas Clean,” which features clean-up drives across the Kingdoms’s piers and sea ports.
