Norway streamlines handling unmarked fishing gear
The Norwegian authorities have proposed amendments to the Marine Resources Act that would give the Directorate of Fisheries and the Coast Guard the authority to seize, destroy or dispose of…
Clean-up ends with new record set
This year’s clean-up of Norwegian fishing grounds run by the Directorate of Fisheries has ended with a total of 45 kilometres of nets being retrieved – which sets a new…
Ghost gear recovery off Djursland coast
Two fishermen from the Danish port of Ebeltoft are making an effort to clear their local fishing grounds of marine plastic waste – particularly lost fishing gear that can become…
Ghost net cleared from the Torres Strait
A one-kilometre-long ghost net has been removed from the Torres Strait in a joint operation by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), Maritime Border Command (MBC) and Australian Border Force…
Hauling a lost net used for fishing Greenland halibut. Image: Gjermund Langedal, Directorate of Fisheries
Record recovery in gear clean-up
The clean-up operation run every year by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has this year returned record results, with 37,000 metres of nets retrieved from fishing grounds, in addition to…
Clearing Shetland waters of ghost gear
An initiative by Ghost Fishing UK to clean up a stretch of the Shetland waters by locating, recovering and recycling lost gear has been assisted by Lerwick Port Authority. The…
84% of lost traps without rot cord
Since 2019 more than 3500 items of fishing gear have been retrieved along the Skagerrak coast. The gears have been examined and details recorded - which gives researchers ever better knowledge…
Subsidies for collecting ghost gear
The Swedish authorities are supporting efforts to map and retrieve lost fishing gear with an initiative open to state bodies, regions, municipalities, universities, universities, scientific institutes, trade associations, POs, associations…
Ghost gear retrieved from Queensland waters
Three large ghost nets have been removed from Queensland waters between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Torres Strait, in a joint operation by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)…
Post-Hurricane Fiona clean-up
Hurricane Fiona had a devastating effect on communities across Atlantic Canada and Eastern Quebec. As part of the $300 million Hurricane Fiona Recovery Fund, the Government of Canada is investing…
