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Read more about the article Breakthrough in recycling aquaculture cages
Patented methods have been developed to recover the copper used to impregnate aquaculture cages. Images: Nofir

Breakthrough in recycling aquaculture cages

  • Post published:22/01/2023
  • Post category:Aquaculture/Recycling

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…

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Read more about the article Reconditioned sounder buoys get a second life

Reconditioned sounder buoys get a second life

  • Post published:18/12/2022
  • Post category:Fishing Gear/Manufacturers

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…

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Read more about the article Recycled trawl gear used in electric car production

Recycled trawl gear used in electric car production

  • Post published:29/09/2022
  • Post category:Fishing Gear/Recycling


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…

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Read more about the article Recycling fishing gear from Iceland

Recycling fishing gear from Iceland

  • Post published:22/09/2022
  • Post category:Fishing Gear/Recycling

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…

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Read more about the article Promoting responsible disposal of waste fishing gear

Promoting responsible disposal of waste fishing gear

  • Post published:14/08/2022
  • Post category:Associations/Fishing Gear/Recycling

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…

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Read more about the article Seychelles partnership to recycle end-of-life fishing gear

Seychelles partnership to recycle end-of-life fishing gear

  • Post published:01/06/2022
  • Post category:Fishing Gear/Recycling

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…

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Read more about the article Canada launches third call for Ghost Gear Fund proposals

Canada launches third call for Ghost Gear Fund proposals

  • Post published:19/05/2022
  • Post category:Fisheries Management/Recycling

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…

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Read more about the article Hampiðjan’s new environmental director

Hampiðjan’s new environmental director

  • Post published:03/05/2022
  • Post category:Environment/Fishing Gear/Recycling

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…

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Read more about the article Twelve years of recycling pays off

Twelve years of recycling pays off

  • Post published:03/04/2022
  • Post category:Aquaculture/Fishing Gear/Recycling

Twelve years of investment in sustainability have yielded results for Egersund Net, which has shipped close to 17,000 tonnes of discarded bags and other aquaculture equipment to recycler Nofir. Of…

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Read more about the article Catwalk fashion from recycled fishing gear

Catwalk fashion from recycled fishing gear

  • Post published:01/04/2022
  • Post category:Recycling

Prices for used gill nets have rocketed in just a few weeks as recyclers scramble to meet the demand from the fashion industry – driven by screen and catwalk stars…

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