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…
Seabed clean-up disappointingly successful
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…
A QR-coded gear tag in GGGI’s ongoing project in Indonesia
IMO to develop mandatory gear marking
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 launches third call for Ghost Gear Fund proposals
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…
Clearing Australian waters of marine debris
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…
One of the ghost net that were tracked, retrieved and disposed. Image: AFMA
Tracking technology aids ghost gear retrieval
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…
A lost gill net retrieved and on the deck of a Canadian trawler
Canada’s offshore harvesters help reduce ghost fishing
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…
Retrieved fishing gear on the creep. Image: ©Gjermund Langedal/Directorate of Fisheries
Record-breaking cleanup initiative this year
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…
Canada’s Sustainable Fisheries Solutions and Retrieval Support Contribution Program will provide up to $8.3 million towards retrieving and disposing of harmful ghost gear
Canada announces gear retrieval initiative
In a concrete effort to address the challenge of plastic pollution, Darren Fisher, MP for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and Andy Fillmore, MP for Halifax, have announced a new gear retrieval contribution…
Tor Inge Larsen’s lost shrimp trawl being brought aboard clean-up vessel Liafjord. Image: Fiskeridirektoratet
Fisherman and trawl reunited
A shrimp trawl worth NoK200,000 (€20,150) retrieved during the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries’ latest clean-up cruise has been reunited with its owner, Brønnøysund fisherman Tor Inge Larsen. He trawls for…
