Project: James Eagan Layne, Plymouth – Saturday 5th Aug 2017
On Saturday, 6 Ghost Fishing UK team members were joined by Pascal Van Erp, Healthy Seas, Milliken and Aquafil to clean up the popular wreck of the James Eagan Layne in Plymouth, UK. The team showed up...
View ArticleProject: Ghost Fishing UK PB Winter Warmer Event – Saturday 6th January 2018
Ghost Fishing UK & Project Baseline – Talks and Social Event Date: 6th January 2018 Time 18:00 onwards Location: The Boat that Rocks, Portland Marina, 6 Hamm Beach Rd, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1DX,...
View ArticleProject: HMS Scylla
HMS ScYlla and Glen Strathallan The Ghost Fishing UK team had something of a ‘Ghost Fishing Fest’ in May 2018 down in sunny Plymouth. In addition to cleaning up the well known HMS Scylla and Glen...
View ArticleProject: HMS Landrail, Portland
HMS Landrail, Portland The Ghost Fishing UK gang have been at it again in sunny Portland, sorting out a large polypropylene trawling net. The net was first reported to us by skipper of Scimitar, Nick...
View ArticleProject: HillSea Point, Plymouth
Hillsea Point, PLymouth On World Oceans day, Ghost Fishing UK rescued 57 live crabs from a nasty gill net near Hillsea Point in Plymouth. An awesome effort by the team, which included several newly...
View ArticleEvent: Ghost Fishing UK Winter Warmer 2019
Ghost Fishing UK Winter Warmer 2019 Join the Ghost Fishing UK team for a weekend of diving and socials. Included with your ticket: Ghost Gear retrieval taster workshops and demonstrations (Limited...
View ArticleProjects: Persier, Plymouth
Hillsea Point, PLymouth Ghost Fishing UK responded to reports of a net on the well known Persier wreck just outside of Plymouth, UK. The nets were reported via our reporting system so a small team went...
View ArticleDorset county show
Five Ghost Fishing UK volunteers Paul, Fred, James, Paula and Joe gave up their weekend to take advantage of the Dorset County Show‘s offer of a charity stand at this huge family event. The team...
View ArticleMarine litter critters
Image: Gail Pickett I’m lucky enough to live on the Sefton coast, a vast stretch of mobile sand dunes and sandy beaches where in the cooler months flocks of waders make shimmering patterns in the sky....
View ArticleHealthy Seas joins forces with Ghost Fishing UK
Healthy Seas and Ghost Fishing UK are proud to announce that from this season onwards, they will be joining forces to organise regular ghost net removal activities in the UK. The recovered fishing...
View ArticleFifty-seven crabs
Coinciding with World Oceans Day June 8th, The Ghost Fishing UK Team assembled in Plymouth to respond to a report of a lost gill net around the busy dive spot of Hillsea Point. The team was formed...
View ArticleCleaning Scapa Flow
Ghost Fishing UK diver cutting rope in Orkney. Image: Bob Anderson Working in partnership with World Animal Protection and marine scientists from Heriot Watt University, environmental diving...
View ArticleWinter Warmer inspires divers to tackle ghost gear
Ghost Fishing UK team at the Winter Warmer. Image: Jamie Hall Tickets sold out for the Winter Warmer event, held at the National Diving and Activities Centre, Chepstow at the weekend. Across Saturday...
View ArticleMy weekend with Ghost Fishing UK
Divers practice cutting rope. Image: Marcus Rose Ghost Fishing UK was initiated in 2015 with an inaugural project in Scapa Flow, Orkney. Six British divers were joined by a Ghost Fishing Foundation...
View ArticleVolunteers step up at the annual general meeting
Ghost Fishing UK Annual General Meeting. Image: Christine Grosart Ghost Fishing UK held an Annual General Meeting at the National Diving and Activities Centre on Friday 4th January 2019. Good progress...
View ArticleBack to the future: four years of Ghost Fishing UK
Prev 1 of 1 Next Inspiration - Ghost Fishing UK - The first four years. www.ghostfishing.org/uk The Problem The problem of ghost fishing gear has reached public prominence over the past five years. It...
View ArticleEvent: London Aquarium – Ghost Gear Aquanight Thursday, March 21
London Aquarium – Ghost Gear Aquanight London Aquarium – Ghost Gear Aquanight County Hall, Westminster Bridge Rd, South Bank, London SE1 7PB, UK Thursday, March 21 6:30 Doors open 7:15 Ghost Fishing UK...
View ArticleEvent: World Oceans Day Saturday 8th June
World Oceans Day Join Ghost Fishing UK as they clean up Ghost Gear from a deep wreck in Dorset.
View ArticleGhost Fishing UK Dive in Eyemouth
The dive team: Pete Elwood Sergej maciuk Stephen Elves Owen Flowers Scotty Pendry Martin Maple Garry Hems Duncan Ward Dimitris Papakonstantis Graham Atkinson Ryan McShane Skipper: Jim Easingwood Boat:...
View ArticleA journey from discovery to recovery – one ghost net’s story
Prev 1 of 1 Next Ghost Fishing UK Eyemouth 2019 GFUK kicked off the season in Eyemouth for an underwater Ghost Gear clean up. Video: Owen Flowers Divers: Pete Elwood, Sergej Maciuk, Stephen Elves,...
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