Distressed Mullet: Starboard Is Making Paddleboard Components From Discarded Fishing Nets 0 4 15 Dec 2018 00:04 Playak Abandoned plastic fishing nets are a huge problem Millions of animals, including whales, seals, turtles and birds, are mutilated and killed by ghost fishing gear nets, lines and traps that are abandoned, lost or discarded in our oceans each year.