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Next weekend September 24/25, the Ghost Diving Adriatic team will immerse again to clean up several discovered fishing nets in Croatia.

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Ghost Diving Germany is established

After we had already completed several successful projects in German waters, it had to be done, we settled in Germany! An enthusiastic group or technical divers has organized and will further shape Ghost Diving Germany. They will focus on activities in German waters but of course also participate...

First ghost gear tests conducted with Deeptrekker ROV

When we set a trend in cleaning up lost fishing gear with divers, we focused on conducting this activity in the most safe way. After years of testing, training and building up experience, we have managed to build up a solid set of standard procedures that we have successfully applied in our many ...

Ghost gear vessel M/V MAKO is launched

In December last year, asset manager DWS has donated to Healthy Seas to help this important marine protection organization buy its own vessel M/V MAKO. DWS has supported Healthy Seas since 2019 and as a result several sea clean-ups were organized in Europe in cooperation with Ghost Diving, one of...

Dutch Ghost Diving volunteers cleanup local lake Nieuwe Meer

Did you know that our passionate volunteers are committed to more than just removing ghost gear? Certainly in times when we sail out less, such as in the winter months, we are also active in cleaning up inland waters. Last week our volunteer team gathered at a popular Dutch dive site called “Nieu...

Ghost Diving UK completes its first survey and recovery

The time has finally come, after the launch of Ghost Diving United Kingdom in February, it was time for their initial surveys dives and recovery operations last week. The brand new team has prepared well in recent weeks, in close contact with the other chapters they have taught themselves the Gho...

Regular cleanups continue in the Adriatic

During the weekend of March 21, there was regular cleaning on the reefs of Krnica in Croatia. Ghost Diving Adriatic again got help from several international support divers and managed to remove 150m lines in a few days, along with 100m gill net and 5 lost fish cages. The fishing cages (if still ...

Healthy Seas Web lab: Ghost Gear From Retrieval to Root Cause

At its core, the relationship between divers and fishermen is key when it comes to the global fight against ghost gear. Without communication and collaboration, the dump and retrieval cycle is bottomless. Two figures who are behind forging those connections, building trust between the two co...

Craypot recovery Taputeranga Marine Reserve, New Zealand

The Taputeranga Marine Reserve was officially opened on the South Coast of Wellington, New Zealand in September 2008, covers 855 hectares and includes all foreshore along its northern face. Being a Marine Reserve, removal of any life from the area is prohibited. On 5 November 2020, Rob Wilso...

Monofilament fishing net removal Chekka, Lebanon

Ghost Diving Lebanon’s chapter started the year on the right foot despite the pandemic and the issues that have been following everyone for the past year. “Extreme times” is how we describe or define what the globe has been passing through, nevertheless the fight to pursue ocean clean-ups an...

Q&A with Ghost Diving founder Pascal van Erp

Our founder, Pascal van Erp, has been interviewed by Scuba Diver Magazine for their recurring Q&A column. The questions that were discussed are of course about Ghost Diving, our partner organization Healthy Seas and the history behind all this. But this time also some questions of a persona...

Generous donation received from TenneT and HSM Offshore

Recently, our Dutch diving team received a generous donation from TenneT and HSM Offshore B.V. Both organizations are working with contractors on Safety with their Safety Incentive Program. Together with contractor HSM Offshore, they raised an amount that has been allocated to charities to encour...

Ghost Diving is back in the UK

After a brief absence last year, several British technical divers have regrouped and re-established a Ghost Diving chapter in the United Kingdom. It will be dealt with more thoroughly from the start, so there will be two teams within Ghost Diving United Kingdom, each operating in their own area i...

Ghost Diving launches chapter in Hong Kong

We have fantastic news! We are further expanding our global mission in Asia and are welcoming chapter Ghost Diving Hong Kong to our international teams. This very enthusiastic chapter is coordinated by GUE diver Dan Sun. She approaches ghost net removal operations with the mentality of uncompromi...

Dahab: Project Tire(d)

In a continuous effort to serve our community and to serve our seas, Ghost Diving Egypt kicked off the year by spending two days recovering 34 tires that had been dumped just off the reef at one of our beloved local dive sites here in Dahab. And this is only the beginning.Throughout the years, ma...

First European cleanup for 2021 in the Adriatic

Happy to announce that the first European chapter to do a retrieval in 2021 was Ghost Diving Adriatic! In the weekend of 16-17 January, five divers working in challenging weather conditions managed to clean-up 250 meters of gill nets and a few cages while also rescuing several spider crabs. This ...

Ghost Diving and NARC volunteers continue cleanups in Egypt

Due to the global pandemic and as we said goodbye to our UK chapter beginning of this year, we have not been able to work much more in the UK, nor with British volunteer divers. This changed at the end of 2020 when we were in Egypt for on an ongoing project and we got the honor of diving with v...

Recovering E-Scooters with Diver Propulsion Vehicles in New Zealand

We saw 2020 racing to close - so we decided to finish 2020 with a grand finale. We have been working with local e-scooter companies since before the Covid-19 lock down in New Zealand. Until this point, we had recovered 43 e-scooters in Wellington alone. These scooters, when thrown into wate...

The Adriatic team performed its tenth cleanup in 2020!

After years of participating in our projects, the divers in Krnica (Croatia), led by Maurizio Grbac, decided in the beginning of 2020 to set up Ghost Diving Adriatic. A chapter name was deliberately chosen without a country name, because the Adriatic Sea is very busy with international divers s...

DWS helps buy new boat to fight ghost net pollution

Asset manager DWS has donated to Healthy Seas to help this important marine protection organization buy its own boat. DWS has supported Healthy Seas since 2019 and as a result several sea cleanups were organized in Europe in cooperation with Ghost Diving, one of the founding partners of Health...

Aeolian Islands Declared a Hope Spot

We are over the moon that the breathtaking Aeolian Islands, located in Southern Italy, have been declared a Hope Spot by Mission Blue! This recognition aims at highlighting local efforts in marine conservation and igniting support to safeguard the area as a marine protected area.The Aeolian Islan...

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