We have been seeing massive fishing net globs come ashore for the past few years on the Big Island of Hawaii. It's getting worse. My boys and I personally dragged a large chunk ashore this past year. They are extremely heavy and take a lot of work to move and dispose of all the netting. Here's the image: https://imgur.com/12U4FXg

This is the latest, the largest tangle of net researchers have seen wash ashore. http://www.fox8live.com/story/37529263/its-huge-40-ton-mass-...