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Fathoms Free

Working for cleaner oceans

Earth Day to Ocean Day, we're ready to respond every day
Our Crowdfunder project is now live. 

The aim is simple, raise funds to cover annual overheads and running costs to keep Fathoms Free ready to protect marine life all year round.​

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Please consider making a donation (just click the Crowdfunder logo) - every donation of any size really does make a difference to us.  â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹

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Recent news from Fathoms Free

A short film explaining who we are and our mission, kindly made by Big Picture Charity Films.

June 2021 - Fathoms Free volunteers recover trawl net and other marine debris from a wreck in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall. This formed part of a report by Victoria Davies from ITV Westcountry News.

September 2020 - Fathoms Free volunteers recover a 200 metre long monofilament net near Falmouth, Cornwall. This was filmed for the BBC series 'Cornwall with Simon Reeve'

Fathoms Free is a group of volunteer divers who protect marine wildlife and the environment for everyone's benefit by removing ALDFG (abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear) and other marine debris from the coastal waters of Cornwall and Devon.

ALDFG is also known as ghost gear or ghost fishing gear, as it continues to "fish," entangling, trapping, and killing wildlife indiscriminately. These trapped animals will die and act as bait, attracting more wildlife in a vicious cycle of death until the ghost gear is removed from the environment.

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Fathoms free are a registered charity.

UK charity number 1192613

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