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Battle to rid Gulf of Carpentaria and Groote archipelago of ghost nets gets federal funding boost

For the rangers of the Anindilyakwa Land Council (ALC), cleaning local waters, some of the most picturesque and remote in Australia, is a top priority.

They spend much of their time roaming the Groote archipelago, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, trawling almost a thousand kilometres of coastline, searching for deadly threats to marine wildlife.

Ghost nets — tangles of abandoned or lost fishing gear — are a wicked problem around their home.

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