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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...

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Project: 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,...

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Project: 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...

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Project: 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...

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Project: 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...

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Event: 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...

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Projects: 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...

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Dorset 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...

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Marine 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....

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Healthy 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...

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Fifty-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...

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Cleaning 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...

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Winter 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...

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My 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...

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Volunteers 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...

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Back 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...

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Event: 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...

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Event: 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.

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Ghost 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:...

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A 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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