IMPACT OF GHOST NETS AND MARINE DEBRIS ON THE CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM OF ANDROTT ISLAND, LAKSHADWEEP, INDIA

 Debris from modern ghost nets and Fisheries the biggest issues we have in the areas related to relationships are  themselves. Plastics are being dumped into the ocean in increasing amounts along with the accumulation of nylon-like ropes, nylon nets, and ghost nets made of plastic. On the ocean below, waste is robbing coral reefs of life, and coral-associated creatures are also suffering as a result. Marine ecosystems will quickly become severely degraded and constitute a hazard to humanity if this activity continues. Ghost nets, ropes, plastic net floats, traps, and nylon filaments are frequently discovered during snorkeling surveys around the Andrott Island Reef in the Arabian Sea of Lakshadweep. These ghost nets have the ability to capture and destroy aquatic life from below.

            



Raw data included the number of coral colonies in good health, dead corals, and algae species related to the ecosystem of the reef. We learned 38 ghost nets, 31 ropes, 19 buoys, and 11 lines below from 10 sites. When ghost net coverage grows, the proportion of damage to these corals, which were under abandoned gear, increases noticeably. Ghost net fishing trash made up the majority of encounters during recording. The net ghost presence rises in comparison as the depth does. 72.09% of the correspondence variables were computed. Based on the benthic status, transect numbers 1 and 2 in the south-west reef area were shown to have a 96% similarity, followed by transects 3 to 7 with a 95% similarity.

The data on coral colonies impacted by ghost net, meanwhile, was directly inversely proportional to the percentage of ghost net cover. As a result, we have decreased the diversity and abundance of healthy communities with depth increment. Contrarily, 50% of the variables are dependent (the coral colony), and we refer to this relationship as a positive correlation between the ghost net cover and the colony affected by ghost net.

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