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Ghost nets transformed into art to highlight pollution's 'devastating' impact
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- Artists Jill Yantumba and Michael Norman created sculptures from discarded fishing nets and ocean waste.
- Floats, thongs and even yoga mats are some of the items that have been found strewn across the shoreline.
- Pormpuraaw Art & Culture Centre manager Ellen Maugeri said the "terrible" pollution was affecting traditional lands.
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Artists Jill Yantumba and Michael Norman created sculptures from discarded fishing nets and ocean waste. (Supplied: Pormpuraaw Art & Culture Centre)
Link copied Share Share article On the remote western coast of Cape York Peninsula, First Nations artists and rangers walk along the beach, collecting ghost nets and debris that have washed up
Floats, thongs and even yoga mats are some of the items that have been found strewn across the shoreline.
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