Ghost Fishing UK
Donation protected
Ghost Fishing-UK is a team of volunteer divers who survey and recover ghost fishing gear (fishing gear that has been lost, dumped, or abandoned) in UK waters. Ghost fishing gear continues to fish, trapping and killing marine life.
Our mission is:
- To highlight the problem of discarded or lost fishing gear in the sea and other aquatic environments.
- To remove ghost fishing gear from the environment in a safe and legal manner.
- To recycle recovered equipment in the most efficient way possible.
We are self-funded divers. Any monies raised will go towards our costs, including charters to retrieve ghost gear, licensing, equipment, and storage and transport of retrieved gear for recycling.
All of the recovered ghost fishing nets are shipped off to either Slovenia or Denmark for cleaning and recycling, and turned into nylon for swimwear, socks, carpets, etc. On one our recovery trips last year, over 80% of retrieved net was recycled and turned into nylon for Milliken Carpets.
Ghost Fishing-UK
Ghost Fishing-UK Facebook
Ghost Fishing Global
Our mission is:
- To highlight the problem of discarded or lost fishing gear in the sea and other aquatic environments.
- To remove ghost fishing gear from the environment in a safe and legal manner.
- To recycle recovered equipment in the most efficient way possible.
We are self-funded divers. Any monies raised will go towards our costs, including charters to retrieve ghost gear, licensing, equipment, and storage and transport of retrieved gear for recycling.
All of the recovered ghost fishing nets are shipped off to either Slovenia or Denmark for cleaning and recycling, and turned into nylon for swimwear, socks, carpets, etc. On one our recovery trips last year, over 80% of retrieved net was recycled and turned into nylon for Milliken Carpets.
Ghost Fishing-UK
Ghost Fishing-UK Facebook
Ghost Fishing Global
Organizer and beneficiary
Jayme Fraioli-Harper
Organizer
Alfred Nunn
Beneficiary