ghost net

fishing net left or lost in the sea, tangled on a reef or drifting in the open, potentially entangling animals
Event anthropogenic_hazard Q3268044
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ghost net

Summary

ghost net is an anthropogenic hazard[1]. It draws 309 Wikipedia views per month (anthropogenic_hazard category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • ghost net's image is recorded as Turtle entangled in marine debris (ghost net).jpg[3].
  • ghost net's image is recorded as Marine organisms entangled in a ghost net within the Maldives (Olive Ridley Project).jpg[4].
  • ghost net's instance of is recorded as anthropogenic hazard[5].
  • ghost net's subclass of is recorded as fishing net[6].
  • ghost net's Commons category is recorded as Ghost nets[7].
  • ghost net's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0717wz[8].
  • ghost net's facet of is recorded as high seas fisheries[9].
  • ghost net's facet of is recorded as deep-sea fishery[10].
  • ghost net's contributing factor of is recorded as marine pollution[11].
  • ghost net's BBC Things ID is recorded as 21dae729-f80d-42f5-ac42-d36bf38eae2e[12].
  • ghost net's Environment Ontology ID is recorded as 06105117[13].
  • ghost net's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778719654[14].

Why It Matters

ghost net draws 309 Wikipedia views per month (anthropogenic_hazard category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ghost net. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ghost-net
MLA “ghost net.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ghost-net.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ghost-net_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ghost net}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ghost-net}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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