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Dec 63 min read

Fathoms Free and Stingray need you!

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stingray-revival Fathoms Free wants to revive and restore the Cornish dive boat Stingray we recently...

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Shore based recovery - 6 pots and sadly a collection of dead marine life

Julian Collison

Dec 41 min read

Shore based recovery - 6 pots and sadly a collection of dead marine life

Sad collection of dead and dying fish and crustaceans trapped in a bunch of pots recovered from a Cornish beach

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Our latest project - watch this space for developments

Julian Collison

Nov 241 min read

Our latest project - watch this space for developments

Exciting new boat project, meet Stingray a Cornish RHIB through and through that will allow us to collaborate more with other local groups

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More net, pots and rope recovered from Mounts Bay

Julian Collison

Nov 191 min read

More net, pots and rope recovered from Mounts Bay

Nets, pots and rope recovered from Mounts Bay, Penzance

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Please consider using Easy Fundraising when doing your Christmas shopping and help Fathoms Free

Julian Collison

Nov 181 min read

Please consider using Easy Fundraising when doing your Christmas shopping and help Fathoms Free

Please sign up to Easy Fundraising and help raise funds for Fathoms Free whilst doing your Christmas shopping

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Big tangle of monofilament net recovered off of Looe Beach

Julian Collison

Nov 111 min read

Big tangle of monofilament net recovered off of Looe Beach

We recovered a big tangle of monofilament net recovered just outside of Looe harbour that we found earlier in the year on a SeaSearch dive

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Julian Collison

Oct 142 min read

Two Falmouth recoveries in one day

Two dive sites visited off of Falmouth. Net recovered from one of them and a lost pot from the other

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Floating ropes recovered off of Trevarvas Head

Julian Collison

Aug 52 min read

Floating ropes recovered off of Trevarvas Head

The last Saturday of July saw the team from Fathoms Free respond to another report of ghost gear in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. Our friends at...

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Ghost gear and marine litter removed from Mounts Bay wreck

Julian Collison

Jul 72 min read

Ghost gear and marine litter removed from Mounts Bay wreck

This time the team recovered tangled net, ropes and a collection of general litter from a popular Penzance wreck diving site

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Multiple recoveries from the far south west of Cornwall

Julian Collison

Jul 11 min read

Multiple recoveries from the far south west of Cornwall

Our volunteers headed to the far south west of the County to recover ghost gear from the Runnel Stone reef

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Julian Collison

Feb 261 min read

What do we do with the nets we recover?

What do we do with the nets we recover? Read this article to learn more

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Large mono-filament net recovered from beneath the sea in St Austell Bay

Julian Collison

Feb 41 min read

Large mono-filament net recovered from beneath the sea in St Austell Bay

On Sunday our volunteers recovered a large abandoned monofilament gill net in St. Austell Bay. The net was reported to Fathoms Free by...

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Local volunteer groups pull together to protect seals near Gorran Haven

Julian Collison

Jan 191 min read

Local volunteer groups pull together to protect seals near Gorran Haven

Today one of our volunteer trustees Jules responded to a request for assistance and took Casper out to support a recovery of ghost gear....

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Huge net recovered in Mounts Bay (Penzance)

Julian Collison

Jan 152 min read

Huge net recovered in Mounts Bay (Penzance)

Yesterday we recovered a huge abandoned net in Mounts Bay. The deadly monofilament net was found by divers during a Cornwall Wildlife...

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Merry Christmas - and thank you to all our supporters

Julian Collison

Dec 24, 20231 min read

Merry Christmas - and thank you to all our supporters

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Fathoms Free! Huge thank you to all of our volunteers, partners and supporters!...

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When the weather is too poor and the sea too rough we still get the nets

Julian Collison

Nov 19, 20232 min read

When the weather is too poor and the sea too rough we still get the nets

This morning, two of our team responded to a report of a large amount of abandoned trawl net that had travelled up the river Yealm and...

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Terrible death toll in Plymouth Sound gill net

Julian Collison

Nov 12, 20232 min read

Terrible death toll in Plymouth Sound gill net

Yesterday our core team responded to a report from IFCA of an abandoned gill net in an area of Plymouth sound. Upon arrival, the team...

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Huge tangle of net and rope on the beach at PolKerris

Julian Collison

Nov 4, 20231 min read

Huge tangle of net and rope on the beach at PolKerris

Yesterday, we responded to a call for help from our friend Frosty, AKA Turn the Tide. An abandoned bundle of ropes and nets had appeared...

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Another lost net recovered in far from ideal conditions

Julian Collison

Sep 16, 20231 min read

Another lost net recovered in far from ideal conditions

Yesterday, the team were busy once again recovering ghost gear from Falmouth Bay, Cornwall. During the week, Seasearch divers had...

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Julian Collison

May 2, 20232 min read

Finding ghost gear with 3D sonar

At the weekend, our team comprising volunteers from Fathoms Free and Sea Shepherd UK were busy surveying two locations in Falmouth Bay,...

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