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Countries just agreed to phase out plastic dolly ropes choking the North-East Atlantic

At a June meeting in Ostend, OSPAR nations agreed new actions to cut marine litter — including phasing out dolly ropes, the synthetic threads shed by fishing gear that pollute the ocean. They also moved on habitat recovery and ocean health assessments. Small threads, big ocean, real progress.

The upbeat factorOne less plastic thread in the sea.
✓ Verified · OSPAR Commission · 2026-06-25 · Belgium
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