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What would a better net be made out of? Hemp maybe?
by brightball 8y ago
What would a better net be made out of? Hemp maybe?
- reaperducer 8y agoI don't know much about fishing nets, but cotton seems plentiful, is biodegradable, and there are plenty of poor cotton farmers in need of increased demand for their product. If someone knows what fishing nets were made of before they were made of plastic, please chime in.
- bluedino 8y agoCotton also absorbs water. Most of the problem is that a billion pounds of fishing nets are left in the ocean every year, harming wildlife.
- ams6110 8y agoThey must have been made out of natural fibers originally, but I would imagine a big problem with that would be that they would absorb water and become very heavy.
- KozmoNau7 8y agoCotton requires a lot of water to grow and process.
- chewbacha 8y agoHemp was the original material for fishing rope and nets :)