Working With the Fishing Community
What happens when old ropes can no longer be reused? We talk to Operations Officer, Fred Nunn and look at a new partnership with the fishing community at Brighton Marina
James Mudge
September 27, 2024
Unraveling the Net: Ghost Fishing UK revisit the Vale of Leven Wreck
Returning to Brighton for the second time in the 2024 season, Ghost Fishing UK were once again active on the Vale of Leven, a steam
James Mudge
September 26, 2024
Ghost Fishing UK x Tessa Campbell Fraser Art
What happens when something devastating becomes something beautiful? Tessa Campbell Fraser joins Ghost Fishing UK to produce an new and poignant exhibition: Whales – A Deeper Dialogue
James Mudge
September 16, 2024
Gigantic Net on the Glen Strathallan
Reporting on the large trawl net removed from the Glen Strathallan in Plymouth, and it’s recycling through our partners, Behaviour Change Cornwall
James Mudge
April 18, 2024
Successful Ghost Gear Recoveries from the Lancer II and Ramsgarth
A group of Ghost Fishing UK divers visited Brighton from the 4-6th October 2023. Over the three days, nearly 300kg of ghost gear including rope,
James Mudge
October 9, 2023
Divers recover 1500 kilograms of lost fishing gear from Shetland waters: part 3
Introducing the organisations that supported our Shetland project
MartinMaple
September 2, 2023
Divers recover 1500 kilograms of lost fishing gear from Shetland waters: part 2
Outreach and citizen science in Shetland
MartinMaple
August 26, 2023
Divers recover 1500 kilograms of lost fishing gear from Shetland waters: part 1
Introducing the Shetland project’s aims and accomplishments.
MartinMaple
August 19, 2023
Ghost Fishing UK nets great logistics support
We spoke to DFDS Logistics’s Operations Manager in Shetland about the help he provided during our Shetland mission this summer
MartinMaple
August 19, 2023
Net recycling pathways
It’s one thing finding and recovering lost fishing gear, it’s quite another to recycle it, writes Christine Grosart
MartinMaple
June 4, 2023