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…
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)…
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…
This year’s seabed clean-up operation run by Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries is well underway – and has been disappointingly successful in retrieving lost fishing gear. 64-metre pelagic vessel Vikingbank has…
The Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has announced that a mandatory goal-based requirement for the marking of fishing gear will be developed. This is…
Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Joyce Murray has announced that Fisheries and Oceans Canada has launched a third call for proposals under the Ghost Gear…
In 2021 the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) deployment of chartered vessels supporting targeted operations to combat IUU fishing also resulted in successfully removing 4500kg of marine debris. Working closely…
Successful trials of a new GPS tracking system has seen drifting ghost nets retrieved from the Torres Strait under the Australian Government’s $14.8 million Ghost Nets Initiative, as CSIRO research…
Some shrimp and turbot vessels in Canada’s offshore fishery will be participating in a pilot project with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to help tackle challenges created by lost or…
Efforts to clean up lost fishing gear this year went further north than ever before. For the first time, the clean-up work carried out by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries…