The disclosure provides embodiments of environmentally acceptable and save
fishing lines, nets, leaders, tippets, lures, hooks, weights, floats as well as related
fishing tackle and gear. Embodiments of the disclosed products may comprise a degradable
polymer having components derived from i)
biomass sources, ii)
protein,
fatty acid or lipid sources, iii) microbial-based monomers and polymers, iv) agro-based monomers and polymers, v)
sugar or
starch-based monomers and polymers, or combinations thereof. This disclosure also describes products that further comprise an additive having components derived from i)
polyol sources, ii) citrate sources, iii)
fatty acid sources, iv)
biomass oil sources, or combinations thereof. The disclosed embodiments have low environmental
impact when compared to, for example, well known
synthetic polymer fishing lines, nets, leaders, tippets, lures, hooks, weights, floats as well as related fishing tackle and gear.