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Falmouth Ghost Gear dive

Writer's picture: Zillah Robertson Zillah Robertson

Updated: Aug 8, 2019

20/21st July 19 - A Huge Thanks to Mark and ‘Stingray’ at #atlanticscuba for an excellent weekends diving in Falmouth Bay. 😀

Our divers were able cut through and release several pieces of lost fishing net (trawl and gill net) and rope, snagged on a local wreck. Lift bags sent it to the surface for the crew to retrieve. Amazing effort by the divers and a little less ghost gear and marine debris in our Cornish seas.

Thanks to support from World Animal Protection UK #Morrisons Ocean Recovery Project.







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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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