This initiative provides insecticide-treated bed nets, indoor spraying, and life-saving anti-malaria medications.

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According to the Northwest Marine Conservation Initiative, the nets are responsible for killing tens of thousands of marine life, mammals and birds every year.

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The fishing nets themselves are considered toxic after the years of catching so much sea life.

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The tools of industrial fishing (drift nets, bottom trawls, and longlines) compensate for the diminishment of marine life that they cause by taking what little is left all the more intensively.

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