Ghost nets haunt Labuan waters

Abandoned fishing nets cover a coral reef in a protected area of Ko Losin, where a group of volunteer divers and the Coastal Resources Research Center, helped by the Royal Thai Navy, removed 2, 750 sq m of them, Ko Losin, Thailand June 19, 2021. Picture taken June 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

LABUAN: Labuan waters have not been spared from ghost nets - fishing nets lost or abandoned at sea.

Labuan Fisheries director Faizal Ibrahim Suhaili said these nets harm the marine ecosystem because fish, turtles, dolphins, porpoises, sharks, seals and even birds could get entangled in them.