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Lebanon's biggest ghost gear cleanup till date

Once again, it was time to hit the water, another duty call, another location, another epic mission in the warm Mediterranean waters of the Lebanese coastline. After rigorous scouting, the ghost diving Lebanon team in collaboration with the marine conscious minds at North Coast Divers, have ...

Teaming up with legendary explorer Mario Arena in Italy

We teamed up with legendary underwater explorer Mario Arena who has been scouring the international and high seas for archeological artifacts since 1994. During June 27 – July 22, Mario and a team of 14 volunteer divers from The Society for the Documentation of Submerged Sites (SDSS) explore...

Ghost gear surveys in Tynemouth UK

Recently, Ghost Diving UK has been running surveys North and South of Tynemouth in the region of 20-45m. We have Identified a large trawler net by pure chance we couldn't dive our intended target as it was fouled by some recreational fisherman who stubbornly remained on the spot, we shifted ...

MV MAKO’s maiden ghost gear recovery voyage

The meet MAKO event in IJmuiden was wrapped up in style with MAKO’s maiden ghost net recovery voyage. Our volunteer divers descended to 22meters at the Breydon Widgeon wreck in the North Sea to recover a huge trawler net that was covering parts of the wreck together with pieces of recreational fi...

Meet MAKO in IJmuiden

On July 22-25, friends and partners of Healthy Seas, Herpetofauna Foundation and We Are Nature, gathered in the Netherlands for a celebratory event. The long programme included a 2-day cleanup of the beautiful beach of IJmuiden, stepping on ‘MAKO’, our first ghost net recover vessel and meet...

Regular ghost gear maintenance SS Trevier & REM3

On July 18, the Dutch team returned to the S.S. Trevier for regular maintenance dives, this is the perfect opportunity for us to train with new volunteer divers to gain experience, as we know this dive site very well and have been working here for years to get it clear of debris. In conjunction w...

A pilot project in Cyprus

In its continuous efforts to help clean the seas from the fishing industry’s negative impact, Ghost Diving Lebanon looked across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus, its neighboring island. After getting intel from locals about discarded fishing gear at multiple locations around the is...

Forming Ghost Diving Germany

To setup a local Ghost Diving chapter is quite easy. To form a team, that is able to fulfil the task is quite a different matter, especially when there is a global pandemic and rules of engagements are strict. Following the motto “Train hard, fight easy” Ghost Diving Germany performed some t...

North Sea Survey Report: MV Queenford

The locations of lost fishing gear in the North Sea are reported to us in various ways. We usually receive these locations in person from divers and fishermen, but we also receive them through the ghost gear report form on our website. In addition, we set out with our survey & recovery vessel...

Epic sea cleanup restores pristine beauty of Greek island with removal of 76 tons of debris

In just over a week, a team of 45, most of which volunteers including 20 divers, undertook an unprecedented cleanup removing 76 tons of debris from the sea, coastline, and 4 beaches on the Southwest of Ithaca, an island in Greece famous for being the home of King Odysseus and a universal symbol o...

Ghost Diving Poland opens exhibition in Gdynia

In cooperation with the volunteers from Ghost Diving Poland and Healthy Seas the long-term exhibit "Ghost Nets" at the Gdynia Aquarium opened this weekend. The kick-off event was a great success with children being engaged in little rescue and release missions. On Saturday and Sunday 3 works...

Ghost Diving Egypt teams up with Healthy Seas

Over the last couple of weeks, the Healthy Seas team joined volunteers from Ghost Diving Egypt and kicked off our collaboration to cleanup the sea around Dahab. Our aim is to help rid the Red Sea of ghost gear and raise public awareness on the growing marine litter problem. Five hundred mete...

Cleanup Zegerplas in Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands

Ghost Divers are slowly forged for a clear reason: The removal of fishing gear, mainly big fishing nets should not be underestimated. The starting point is to have confidence in a team activity, being a team player and to be able to perform an (often complicated) task underwater as a team. That t...

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...

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