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…
Ørsted has made a long-term commitment to help tackle the amount of marine litter in our seas. Working closely with the fishing industry, Ørsted has established a Fishing for Litter…
Norwegian fishing gear supplier Mørenot is playing a key role in the initiative to remove plastic from the marine environment spearheaded by Dutch NGO The Ocean Cleanup. A prototype set…
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…
As part of an annual ghost gear removal competition project in 2021, the Azores fleet has removed more plastic fishing gear from the ocean, by weight, than it lost on…
The hauling of rope on fishing and other vessels could result in billions of microplastic fragments entering the ocean every year, according to new research. A study by the University…
Every year staff from fishing gear manufacturer Hampiðjan and their families join in a beach clean-up session, and this year’s effort highlighted some of the changes in the way fishing…
According to research by Finnish Environment Institute SYKE and University of Eastern Finland, microplastics are now found in all Baltic waters and in fish, bivalve molluscs and benthic fauna. Microplastics…
Síldarvinnslan’s factory trawler Blængur has landed a record trip after spending 40 days fishing in the Barents Sea, and is now back at sea on home grounds. Blængur’s crew worked…
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is funding 26 projects in Canada and around the world to help rid the oceans of this destructive litter. The $8.3 million Sustainable Fisheries Solutions and…