SeaPak and Morey’s join Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative. SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood (seapak.com) and Morey’s Fine Fish & Seafood (moreys.com) have joined Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative […]
Through the Ghost Gear Fund, the Government of Canada has been working with industry and other partners to rid oceans of ghost gear and create new solutions to reduce fishing […]
An in-depth investigation of the problem of ghost gear. Each year KIMO Sweden present a scholarship to investigate a pressing environmental problem. The scholarship holder for 2021, Anna Axelsson, focused […]
Success for Canada’s ghost gear programme Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear, or ‘ghost gear,’ is a leading cause of marine debris around the world and has damaging impacts on […]
KIMO report takes in-depth look at ghost gear problem. KIMO Sweden releases their much awaited report investigating the problem of ghost gear last month. Each year KIMO Sweden present a […]
Ghost gear removal competition launches in the Azores. This year, small-scale tuna fishers in the Azores are taking part in the world’s first competition to remove abandoned floating fishing gear […]
Canada launches new ‘ghost gear’ reporting system. The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, has announced a new online system that makes it […]
Canada removes ghost gear from the sea. Lost, abandoned and discarded fishing gear, or ‘ghost gear,’ is one of the largest causes of marine pollution today. In response to this […]
MSC Funds to Tackle Ghost Gear and Protect Threatened Species according to a article published on the Marine Stewardship Council Website Grants totalling more than £650,000 have been awarded to […]
Extreme weather increases ghost gear from aquaculture. A new white paper from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) published on 28 November has determined that extreme weather is currently one of […]
Three day operation to remove ghost gear in Gulf of St. Lawrence underway. As part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s and Canadian Coast Guard efforts to protect the endangered North […]
Food companies join Global Ghost Gear Initiative – Today (30 October), at the Our Ocean 2018 conference in Bali, Nestlé, the world’s biggest food company and Tesco, the UK’s biggest […]
Can using biodegradable fishing gear help reduce the cost of ghost fishing? New research has found that the design of biodegradable fishing gear needs to improve if it is to […]
The Ghost Network project for lost fishing gear Sea Shepherd Global’s campaigns against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing not only defend key biodiversity hotspots in the ocean, allowing marine […]
Defra has responded to the WWF call for action against ghost fishing gear. WWF issued a warning that up to a million tonnes of fishing gear is left in the […]
Tackling the threat of ghost fishing gear. A short update is provided below by Brendan Carruthers from The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) who, through funding from the Joanna […]
IPNLF scales up commitment to rid seas of ghost fishing gear The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), the only non-profit association that is solely committed to promoting responsible one-by-one […]
Progress being made on ghost fishing gear. The second edition of World Animal Protection’s (WAP) ‘Ghosts Beneath the Waves’ report of the world’s 25 leading seafood companies has found that […]
Sea Pact tackles problem of global ghost fishing gear. Sea Pact, an innovative association of 10 leading North American seafood companies working together to drive industry sustainability progress has announced […]
UK technology set to tackle $2.6bn fisheries industry ‘ghost net’ crisis. Unique UK technology developed specifically for the fisheries industry is set to help address the significant costs and environmental […]