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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 growing issue, the Government of ...
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 fisheries and research projects working ...
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 the major causes of plastic ...
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 Atlantic right whale, fishery officers ...
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 supermarket chain, have announced they ...
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 ocean each year. This form ...
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 Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award, ...
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 tuna fisheries and supply chains, ...
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 some are making good progress ...
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 that they have joined the ...
MOU on Maldives ghost fishing finalised. An important Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been finalised between the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) and the Olive Ridley Project (ORP) that will seek to assess the destruction caused to fragile ...
IPNLF to launch ghost net retrieval project. Funded by the inaugural Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award, a new initiative will be launched by IPNLF aimed at incentivising coastal fisheries to collect and upcycle lost ...
Canadian Gear Innovation Summit This week, Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Gear Innovation Summit was held, a two-day event in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to explore options for whale-safe fishing gear, and find innovative ways to prevent, ...
Innovative Canadian scheme to minimise fishing gear plastic pollution. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has challenged small businesses across Canada to find innovative ways to prevent plastic waste from entering our aquatic environments, to help clean ...
IPNLF’s Joanna Toole Project sees Gemanafushi Island fishers remove abandoned fishing nets from Indian Ocean. On November 30th, 2020, fishers of Gemanafushi Island in the Maldives were grinning ear to ear after recovering four massive ...
SeaBOS commits to time-bound goals for a healthy ocean. For the first time in the history of seafood production, ten of the largest seafood companies in the world have committed to a set of time-bound ...
ASC Shrimp Standard Recognised by Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative The ASC’s Shrimp Standard has been recognised by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), a seafood certification industry benchmark. The GSSI benchmark is based on United ...
Seafood giant calls for more action on climate change. Thai Union Group PCL’s Global Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Dr. Darian McBain, called for greater action on climate change, arguing that resilient coastal and ...
MSC doubles funding to Ocean Stewardship Fund. With world leaders convening this week in Oslo for Our Oceans 2019, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is increasing its commitment to global action to end overfishing. Its ...
Thai Union ranked number one for sustainability. Thai Union Group PCL, one of the world’s largest seafood companies, has been ranked number one in the world in the Food Products Industry Index of the Dow ...
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