Dr Denise Hardesty, Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Environment, returns for her second appearance on the podcast. This time, we catch up in Bondi the day after the Ocean Plastic Action Forum featured in previous episodes. In this chat, we discuss some of the latest research on plastic in our oceans, including new research by Denise and the CSIRO team about how two percent of all commercial fishing gear is being littered in our oceans.

Useful links:

• Dr Denise Hardesty - https://people.csiro.au/H/B/denise-hardesty
• CSIRO article (2023), 740,000km of fishing line and 14 billion hooks: we reveal just how much fishing gear is lost at sea each year: https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2022/October/abandoned-fishing-gear

For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au

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