Commitment to recycling fishing gear
American Seafoods plans to recycle over 100 tonnes of used fishing gear with Net Your Problem this year, in addition to the 106 tonnes already recycled. Net Your Problem has…
Lorient starts gear collection
The Port of Lorient Keroman has established a programme of collecting end-of-life fishing gear, in co-operation with the Departmental Fisheries Committee and the Coopérative Maritime. In the longer term, this…
The Saretu initiative aims to recycle and make use of lost, abandoned or worn out fishing gear. Image: Bermeo Tuna World Capital Association
Fishing nets become fashion
An initiative to make use of lost, abandoned or end-of-life fishing gear brings together the Bermeo Tuna World Capital Association in collaboration with fishing company Echebastar, the AZTI technology centre…
Danish recycler Plastix has been awarded ISO certifications for its work processing end-of-life fishing gear and other post-use plastics. Image: Plastix
Plastix awarded ISO certifications
Fishing gear recycler Plastix has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications for its recycling processes for used fishing nets and ropes from the maritime industry, and other post-used…
Samples of rope from European beaches
Workshop on circular design of fishing gear
Around 11,000 tonnes of end-of-life fishing gear is estimated to end up into European waters every year, a workshop held in Brussels and organised by MRAG in collaboration with CEFAS and OSPAR…
Representatives from two EU funded projects, Blue Circular Economy and Circular Seas, tasked with creating opportunities for end of life fishing gear, also attended the workshop in Castletownbere. Image: BIM
Smart Net Management focus
Ireland’s seafood development agency Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) and the Irish South and West Fishermen’s Producers Organisation (ISWFPO) has co-hosted a net management workshop in Castletownbere, West Cork. The aim…
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…