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Encyclopedia > Derelict

Derelict may refer to:

  • Negligence (dereliction) Neglect of legal or moral duty.
  • Flotsam and Jetsam - Refuse thrown into the ocean.
  • Abandoned by rightful owner.
  • A primarily British English synonym for Abandoned or Dilapidated as used to describe buildings and other man-made sructures.
  • Any article of abandoned property, especially a ship abandoned at sea or on the coast.
  • In the USA, someone who is homeless, see also tramp, vagrant.
  • In US law, land left dry by a permenant recession of the water which once covered it.

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WDFW -- Derelict Fishing Gear Removal Project (815 words)
Derelict fishing gear includes nets, lines, crab and shrimp traps/pots, and other recreational or commercial harvest equipment that has been lost or abandoned in the marine environment.
Derelict gear is often encrusted with marine organisms, collectively weighing a ton or more when removed from the water.
If you know where derelict fishing gear is located, report it by calling the WDFW Derelict Fishing Gear Hotline or by using the reporting form.
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