Ghost Fishing UK
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Founded 📆 | 2015, Scapa Flow, Orkney |
| Founder 👔 | |
Area served 🗺️ | United Kingdom |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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Ghost Fishing UK (GFUK) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales[1]. It was founded in 2015. It works to protect Marine life via the removal of Ghost net as well as working to protect the wider environment through public awareness campaigns on Social media mainly regarding ocean cleanup and reduction of plastic in everyday life.
History
Ghost Fishing UK was formed in 2015 with an inaugural project in Scapa Flow when the international Ghost Fishing project sent 6 delegates from the Netherlands to train 6 UK based divers. These UK based divers then formed the core of new Ghost Fishing UK team. During the 2015 project, over 65 lost creels and pots were recovered, along with 1000 kg of fishing net and over a kilometre of ropes. The recovered material was recycled into clothing, refurbished pots and creels, and the ropes were repurposed into decorative doormats. Very little of the recovered gear was sent to landfill. The project also started a cooperative effort between Ghost Fishing UK and Heriot-Watt University, particularly Dr. Joanne Porter. Dr. Porter surveyed the marine life present in the pots, creels and on the recovered ropes. This data now forms part of an ongoing research project in Scapa Flow.
Over the winter of 2015, Richard Walker, one of the founding divers of Ghost Fishing UK and a diver on the 2015 project, gave a series of talks and meetings around the country and identified a larger group of UK divers that were keen to engage in the Ghost Fishing mission. These divers were invited to come to Scapa Flow in 2016. Bob Anderson of MV Halton supported the 2016 project, and World Animal Protection donated a significant portion of the funding. The divers were then taught how to survey and safely recover ghost fishing gear and also how to perform simple marine life assessments. Representatives from Cornwall, Bristol and Norfolk joined the project, along with the existing UK team from 2015.
Ghost Fishing UK returned to Scapa Flow again in both 2017 and 2018[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] to train yet more members as well as training additional instructors to increase the number of active divers and increase the training capacity.
2019 brought a change in these week long cleanup missions and the team instead went to Cornwall[9][10] for a week where, as well as the traditional cleanup efforts, they participated in various public outreach activities educating the public about the threat posed by ghost gear and the impact it has on wildlife.
In March 2020, when the international Ghost Fishing project chose to rebrand as Ghost Diving the two groups parted ways as Ghost Fishing UK wished to retain the Ghost Fishing name as they felt this was already an established brand in the UK.
In August 2020, Paul Rose was announced as the charity's ambassador.
In November 2020, Ghost Fishing UK secretary and charity trustee Christine Grosart appeared on the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Power List 2020: Our Planet, coming in at number 30[11].
In June 2021, Ghost Fishing UK were announced as winners of the 'Best Plastic Campaign' category in the Plastic Free Awards.
Projects
Parallel to the larger week long 'missions' there have been other shorter (usually just one or two day) projects[12] elsewhere in the UK. These shorter projects have been on the south and south west coast of England[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] as well as in Scotland on both the west and the north sea coast[26]
Training
Various taster events[27][28][29] have also been hosted around the UK to give divers that are interested in joining the team an insight into the work of Ghost Fishing UK prior to them signing up for the full course.
External links
- Ghost Fishing UK Official website
- Charity Commission. Ghost Fishing UK, registered charity no. 1174396. Search this book on
Social Media
- Ghost Fishing UK' channel on YouTube
- Ghost Fishing UK on Facebook
- Ghost Fishing UK on Instagram
- Ghost Fishing UK on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Ghost Fishing UK on Flickr
References
- ↑ Charity Commission. Ghost Fishing UK, registered charity no. 1174396. Search this book on
- ↑ https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/news/ghost-fishing-uk-clear-lost-fishing-gear-seven-ship-wrecks-orkney
- ↑ https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/divers-hunt-deadly-ghost-fishing-gear-at-scapa-flow-wreck-site-1-4808210
- ↑ https://www.ghostgear.org/projects/2018/10/10/ghost-fishing-uk-remove-hundreds-of-kg-of-ghost-fishing-gear-from-scapa-flow
- ↑ https://www.ghostgear.org/projects/2018/10/10/world-animal-protection-and-ghost-fishing-uk-tackles-ghost-gear-in-orkney-part-2
- ↑ https://www.scubadivermag.com/ghost-fishing-uk-remove-hundreds-of-kg-of-ghost-fishing-gear-from-scapa-flow/
- ↑ https://www.scubadivermag.com/ghost-fishing-uk-returns-to-the-orkney-islands/
- ↑ https://www.scubadivermag.com/divers-clear-wwi-shipwrecks-of-ghost-gear-on-scapa-flow/
- ↑ https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gruesome-pictures-reveal-true-danger-3290318
- ↑ http://divemagazine.co.uk/eco/8661-ghost-fishing-uk-clears-epsilon-wreck
- ↑ "Woman's Hour Power List 2020: The List". BBC Radio4. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ https://www.ghostfishing.org/uk/category/projects/
- ↑ http://divemagazine.co.uk/eco/7774-taking-action-against-ghost-nets
- ↑ https://www.worldoceansday.org/events-current-year/ghost-fishing-uk-net-removal
- ↑ https://theecologist.org/2019/sep/12/ghost-fishing
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-dorset-48608363/ghost-fishing-gear-clear-up-off-dorset-to-save-sea-life
- ↑ https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/17699144.ghost-fishing-uk-operation-to-recover-net-on-lyme-bay-wreck/
- ↑ https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/deadly-ghosts-tamed-divers-304077
- ↑ https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/divers-remove-100kg-ghost-nets-328909
- ↑ https://healthyseas.org/an-exciting-weekend-in-blooming-cornwall-with-ghost-fishing-uk/
- ↑ https://www.scubadivermag.com/clean-up-action-in-plymouth-by-ghost-fishing-uk/
- ↑ https://www.scubadivermag.com/ghost-fishing-uk-net-removal-in-plymouth-ended-with-great-results/
- ↑ Evans, Mark. "Ghost Fishing UK returns to the sea after COVID-19 lockdown". Scuba Diver. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Lost fishing net trapping hundreds of marine animals recovered by divers in Plymouth". ITV News. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ Rossiter, Keith (9 August 2017). "Deadly 'ghosts' are tamed by divers". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlDtLG_aerc
- ↑ http://archive.divernet.com/home-diving-news/p321364-training-weekend-for-ghost-fishing-uk.html
- ↑ https://www.ndac.co.uk/blog/2018/10/ghost-fishing-uk-winter-warmer-2019/
- ↑ https://www.scubadivermag.com/get-hands-on-with-the-ghost-fishing-uk-team/
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