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Group Aims to Collect Abandoned Fishing Line

The Texas Stream Team is calling on Texans to join its Monofilament Finders project to collect abandoned fishing line in or along the state's waterways.

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Fishing off the Texas City Dike in Texas City on Jan. 11, 2014. People often catch spotted trout, among other fish.
Credit: Michael Stravato

The Texas Stream Team is calling on Texans to join its Monofilament Finders project to collect abandoned fishing line in or along the state's waterways. The Stream Team, which is part of the The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, points out that monofilament fishing line is a persistent form of pollution, endangering birds, fish and wildlife, that "everyone can help battle against." (Texas State University)

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