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Julian Collison
Dec 6, 2024
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...


Julian Collison
Dec 4, 2024
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


Julian Collison
Nov 24, 2024
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


Julian Collison
Nov 19, 2024
More net, pots and rope recovered from Mounts Bay
Nets, pots and rope recovered from Mounts Bay, Penzance


Julian Collison
Nov 18, 2024
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


Julian Collison
Nov 11, 2024
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


Julian Collison
Oct 14, 2024
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


Julian Collison
Aug 5, 2024
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...


Julian Collison
Jul 7, 2024
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


Julian Collison
Jul 1, 2024
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


Julian Collison
Feb 26, 2024
What do we do with the nets we recover?
What do we do with the nets we recover? Read this article to learn more


Julian Collison
Feb 4, 2024
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...


Julian Collison
Jan 19, 2024
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....


Julian Collison
Jan 15, 2024
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...


Julian Collison
Dec 24, 2023
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!...


Julian Collison
Nov 19, 2023
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...


Julian Collison
Nov 12, 2023
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...


Julian Collison
Nov 4, 2023
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...


Julian Collison
Sep 16, 2023
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...


Julian Collison
May 2, 2023
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,...


Julian Collison
Apr 29, 2023
One man recovery from Seaton beach
Recently, we received a message from a member of the public that a lost/abandoned net had appeared on Seaton beach near Looe, and needed...


Julian Collison
Apr 2, 2023
Cleaning up the SS Stanwood in the Carrick Roads, Falmouth
Sunday afternoon, our team of volunteers were out busy recovering ghost gear and marine debris from the wreck of the SS Stanwood in...


Julian Collison
Mar 20, 2023
Net, rope and a lobster pot from Mounts Bay
At the weekend, our team of volunteers were out busy recovering ghost gear from Mounts Bay, Penzance, Cornwall. Making the most of the...


Julian Collison
Feb 4, 2023
Your shore conference 2023
Our little display at Cornwall Wildlife Trust's Your Shore Network Conference 2023! The team are here today representing the work Fathoms...


Julian Collison
Jan 28, 2023
Truck full of deadly net off to recycling
Here is another truck load of deadly nets removed from the environment by volunteers from Sea Shepherd UK Sea Shepherd UK - Ghostnet...


Julian Collison
Dec 27, 2022
Large trawl net recovered from Watergate Bay - Newquay
This afternoon two volunteers from Fathoms Free and Sea Shepherd UK - Ghostnet Campaign responded to a report received this morning of a...


Julian Collison
Oct 27, 2022
One man and his barrow tackling ghost nets
One man and his wheelbarrow, with a bucket load of determination. Last weekend the team at Fathoms Free were all committed to work or...


Julian Collison
Sep 20, 2022
Two wrecks cleaned in two days
Saturday was International Coastal Cleanup Day, and the volunteers divers from Fathoms Free and Sea Shepherd UK - Ghostnet Campaign spent...


Julian Collison
Aug 30, 2022
Another wreck clean up - Mounts Bay - Penzance
Yesterday our team comprising volunteers from Fathoms Free and Sea Shepherd UK - Ghostnet Campaign were once again busy recovering ghost...


Julian Collison
Jul 6, 2022
Large trawl net recovered from Falmouth wreck
Last weekend our team comprising volunteers from Fathoms Free and Sea Shepherd UK - Ghostnet Campaign were busy recovering ghost gear...


Julian Collison
Jun 20, 2022
SS Hellopes cleaned up in Mounts Bay
This evening our team were busy recovering ghost gear from the SS Hellopes in Mounts Bay, Penzance, Cornwall, which had been reported to...


Julian Collison
May 7, 2022
Wrasse pots recovered from Plymouth Sound
This weekend our team were busy recovering the wrasse traps which had been reported to us by IFCA. It was great to have new members Dave...


Julian Collison
Nov 19, 2021
Fathoms Free are a founding member of UK Ghost Gear Coalition
Abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), otherwise known as ghost gear, has been receiving more and more attention in recent...

Julian Collison
Oct 29, 2021
Fathoms Free are now able to supply clothing with the Fathoms Free logo
We have been asked quite a lot lately about Fathoms Free T-Shirts an other clothing, so we are really pleased to share our new store with...


Julian Collison
Jul 24, 2021
A new base for Fathoms Free
For the last couple of years, we at Fathoms Free have been storing our pickup truck, boat and box trailer in a small field. It wasn't...


Julian Collison
Jul 9, 2021
Finally the SS Epsilon, aka 'The Dirty Wreck' is clear of ghost gear
Saturday 10th July Fathoms Free organised the clearing of ghost gear and marine debris from the SS Epsilon. This wreck was notorious for...


Julian Collison
Apr 17, 2021
Successsful Ghost Gear and litter recovery on the SS Stanwood Wreck
Sunday 18th April saw another successful ghost gear recovery, this time from the wreck of the SS Stanwood in the Carrick Roads, Falmouth....


Julian Collison
Apr 6, 2021
Rope and monofilament net recovered from Falmouth Wreck
Tuesday 6th April 2021 - Despite the far from ideal conditions and temperatures normally seen in the middle of winter, five of us set out...


Julian Collison
Mar 20, 2021
Large amount of net and monofilament line recovered from Watergate Bay, Newquay
20th March 2021, another success story and a great example of how teamwork and collaboration between charities pays off! Fathoms Free...


Julian Collison
Mar 18, 2021
Large net recovered from the beach near Hayle, Cornwall
On 16th March 2021 Fathoms Free received a ghost net report via our website from a member of the public who had spotted a large trawl net...

Julian Collison
Mar 11, 2021
Generous donation received from Plymouth based Drayton Controls
Fathoms Free are very pleased to be this years selected charity for Plymouth based Drayton Controls. As part of their annual selected...


Julian Collison
Mar 11, 2021
Rotary Club of Tiverton & Simon Reeve make for a successful fundraising event
Recently the lovely members of the Rotary Club of Tiverton organised a fundraising event with Simon Reeve on Zoom. Simon entertained over...


Julian Collison
Feb 17, 2021
Two more monofilament nets safely removed from the sea in Falmouth
In the afternoon of 15th February we received a report that a ghost net had washed ashore on Castle Beach, Falmouth. The photographs...


Julian Collison
Feb 14, 2021
Fathoms Free are now registered for Gift Aid - donations go 25% further
Following closely after our charity registration, Fathoms Free are now registered with the HMRC for Gift Aid. If you have donated to us...


Julian Collison
Dec 11, 2020
More ghost gear recovered from the Coroni River wreck in Falmouth Bay
Following a report last weekend of ghost gear on the Coroni River wreck in Falmouth bay, a team of volunteers took advantage of a weather...


Julian Collison
Dec 3, 2020
Fathoms Free is now a registered charity
After a lot of hard work by the John, Nat and Jules as the Trustees, Fathoms Free is at last a registered charity with the UK Charities...


Julian Collison
Sep 12, 2020
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...


Zillah Robertson
Sep 2, 2019
Sea Shepherd UK launch the first accredited ‘Ghostnet Recovery’ course
16/08/19 https://www.seashepherd.org.uk/news-and-commentary/news/sdi-and-ssuk-first-ghostnet-recovery-course.html?fbclid=IwAR2pI1ktgV4jy6...


Zillah Robertson
Sep 2, 2019
The Amazing Ghost Net Dress
31/10/18 Fathoms Free are delighted to have one of our team members Nat, model the amazing #Ghostnetdress created by the insanely...
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