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Nova Scotia environmental group wants the federal government to go
further with its single-use plastics ban and have more rules in place
for the fishing industry.
On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the ban, which is to take effect by 2021 at the earliest. A full list of what will be banned has not been solidified yet.
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government press release says more than 580,000 tonnes of abandoned,
lost or discarded plastic fishing gear enters the oceans every year.
Marc
Butler, the policy director at the Halifax-based Ecology Action Centre,
said there’s currently no incentive for fishermen to bring unwanted
gear back to shore.