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Casper gets some upgrades and servicing
While the winter and Covid-19 lockdown has somewhat limited our marine activities in recent months, our volunteers have not been sitting...
Julian Collison
Apr 11, 20212 min read
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Five lost lobster pots recovered - East Narrows - Carrick Roads
20th September 2020 Fathoms Free volunteer divers supported by the Atlantic Scuba RIB 'Stingray' recovered 5 lobster pots and their...
Julian Collison
Sep 20, 20201 min read
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Fathoms Free ghost net recovery featured on BB2
In early September 2020 Fathoms Free volunteers were filmed for the BBC 2 two-part series 'Cornwall with Simon Reeve' recovering a 200m...
Julian Collison
Sep 12, 20201 min read
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16 Lots lobster pots recovered from the Carrick Roads - Falmouth
28th July 2020 - Following reports from local divers,, a team of volunteers set out on the Fathoms Free RHIB 'Casper' to the area of the...
Julian Collison
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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Ghost net recovery - Torbay
23rd July 2020 - Fathoms Free volunteers working the the Tobay Harbour Master successfully recovered a ghost net they had recently...
Julian Collison
Jul 23, 20201 min read
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Rock Island Bridge - Helford River
11th July 2020 - At last the pandemic lockdown has been relaxed enough for us to get out in the boat attacking the ghost gear problem....
Julian Collison
Jul 10, 20201 min read
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Talland Bay dive against debris and beach clean
24th November 2019 voluneers braved the cold Atlantic water and blustery beach to conduct a dive against debris and a sweep of the beach,...
Julian Collison
Nov 24, 20191 min read
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Penlee Point Plymouth
Great day, great teamwork! 😊 Today we went diving near Penlee Point, Plymouth. It was a bit rough to take the boat out any further but...
Zillah Robertson
Aug 9, 20191 min read
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Hopes Nose Clean Up 2019
Jan 2019 - Thank you to everyone who attended the clean up at Torbay today. We joined forces with the Torbay Cleaner Coasts Initiative ...
Zillah Robertson
Aug 9, 20191 min read
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Hemmick Beach - St Austell
21/4/19 - We had planned a training dive today but unfortunately had a technical hitch with our boat, so not wanting to miss out on the...
Zillah Robertson
Aug 8, 20191 min read
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Mevagissey Clean Up 2019
30th March 19 - We had an excellent day at Mevagissey, despite having to change location last minute because of the poor diving...
Zillah Robertson
Aug 8, 20191 min read
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Talland Bay Clean Up
05/05/19 - What a lovely start to the weekend! Sunshine and a visit to the beach 😊 We spent the afternoon at Talland Bay beach (East)...
Zillah Robertson
Aug 8, 20191 min read
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Falmouth Ghost Gear dive
20/21st July 19 - A Huge Thanks to Mark and ‘Stingray’ at #atlanticscuba for an excellent weekends diving in Falmouth Bay. 😀 Our divers...
Zillah Robertson
Aug 7, 20191 min read
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Falmouth Clean Up with NARC
28/29th June 19 - What a cracking weekend spent diving with ‘Neptune’s Army of Rubbish Cleaners’ from Pembrokeshire. 😁 Diving from...
Zillah Robertson
Jul 4, 20191 min read
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Schneider Electric - World Environment Day
A great day spent raising awareness of the marine plastic issue at Schneider Electric in Plymouth, for Global Environment Day. Lots of...
Zillah Robertson
Jun 8, 20191 min read
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South West Paddlefest
1st/2nd June 19 - Some mixed weather over the weekend but that didn’t dampen our enjoyment and we were pleased to support South West...
Zillah Robertson
Jun 8, 20191 min read
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Polzeath Marine Discovery Day
Thank you to the lovely folk at Polzeath Marine Conservation Group and Centre for a fun day on tbeach and to Sarah and...
Zillah Robertson
Jun 8, 20191 min read
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Torbay Dive Clean up 2019
26th/27th May 19 - Thanks to everyone who was part of the Fathoms Free team at Torbay this weekend. We spent Sunday diving, firstly with...
Zillah Robertson
Jun 8, 20191 min read
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Looe festival of the sea
Looe Festival of the Sea is an annual event hosted by Looe Marine Conservation Group. Fathoms Free was kindly invited (and of course...
Zillah Robertson
Apr 25, 20192 min read
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Lundy Bay Bioblitz
Weekend 2 & 3 July 2016 Blog by Dave Perry What is a BioBlitz? The North Cornwall National Trust created an event for Lundy Bay near...
Zillah Robertson
Apr 25, 20193 min read
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