Pluto doors trialled in Spain
A pair of the plastic trawl doors produced by Mar Eco has been successfully trialled on board a coastal trawler fishing from l'Ametlla de Mar on the Spanish Mediterranean coast.…
Tracking down orphaned fishing gear
The volume of waste fishing gear shipped overseas from Iceland for recycling has roughly tripled in just a few years, from 758 tonnes in 2019 to 1685 tonnes last year.…
Patented methods have been developed to recover the copper used to impregnate aquaculture cages. Images: Nofir
Breakthrough in recycling aquaculture cages
Italian conglomerate Aquafil, owners of recycling company Nofir, have patented a method of recycling the netting used aquaculture cages, making it possible to recover copper impregnation for re-use. ‘The fact…
Reconditioned sounder buoys get a second life
Spanish technology company Satlink has launched Project ReCon, a pioneering circular economy programme designed to give a second life to Devices for Sustainable Fishing (DSF), and specifically to echo sounder…
Recycled trawl gear used in electric car production
Hampiðjan has placed a strong emphasis on the collection and grading of fishing gear, with recycling routes established for all of the materials used in fishing gears – with the…
Recycling fishing gear from Iceland
Norwegian recycler Nofir and Icelandic industry body Samtök fyrirtækja í sjávarútvegi (SFS) have struck an agreement for the recycling and further utilisation of fishing and aquaculture gear that has reached…
Promoting responsible disposal of waste fishing gear
Spanish industry federation Cepesca has brought together eight port authorities, a fishing company and a fishing gear supplier to launch pilot projects for the responsible handling of fishing gear, incorporating…
Seychelles partnership to recycle end-of-life fishing gear
Tuna purse seiner organisations OPAGAC and ORTHONGEL have launched a joint net recycling project with Brikole Ltd, a new local start-up managed by the NGO Sustainability for Seychelles. The Department…
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…
Hampiðjan’s new environmental director
After ten years of working with fishing gear research at Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Georg Haney has been appointed as Hampiðjan’s new environmental director. Georg came to Iceland…