Greece's coastline is dotted with abandoned aquaculture sites. The giant rings and other decaying infrastructure are poisoning the sea and local economy with microplastic and huge plastic waste. We accompanied a Greek NGO trying to banish these ghost farms.
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The ghost farms choking Greece's coastline
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Catégorie : Mers, océans et milieux aquatiques
Pays : Germany
Catégorie : Mers, océans et milieux aquatiques
Pays : Germany
Commanditaire : Deutsche Welle
Producteur : Deutsche Welle
Réalisateur : Adam Baheej Adada
Durée : 00:10:26
Producteur : Deutsche Welle
Réalisateur : Adam Baheej Adada
Durée : 00:10:26
Résumé
Greece's coastline is dotted with abandoned aquaculture sites. The giant rings and other decaying infrastructure are poisoning the sea and local economy with microplastic and huge plastic waste. We accompanied a Greek NGO trying to banish these ghost farms.Objectif
The number of fish farms has skyrocketed in recent years – and there's been much reporting on their pros and cons. What's often overlooked, though, is what happens once they stop producing fish. Giant rings are dotting Greece's coastline, abandoned "ghost farms", some of which have closed down more than 15 years ago. Our reporter went out to sea with an NGO committed to cleaning up these rotting remnants that are polluting local waters and beaches. He wanted to find out: Why are the owners simply leaving their waste in the water? How bad is this for local ecosystems? And how do you clean up an abandoned fish farm? Deutsche Welle's YouTube channel Planet A wants to appeal to young (18-34), English-speaking urbanites, particularly those living in the USA, India and Indonesia. The videos published on the channel are not only made for people who already care about sustainability and climate change but aim to draw in a wider audience and get them interested in those topics.