Three volunteers on the coastal ghost net retrieval team are pulling an abandoned net from the shallows onto the beach
Retrieving abandoned nets from shallow waters is critical to halt the continuous "ghost fishing" that kills marine life, destroys fragile coastal ecosystems like coral reefs and seagrass beds, and prevents the creation of microplastics. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #GhostNets
Derelict #plastic #fishing gear is "the largest contributor of #Hawaii 's marine debris problem," and now they are testing new way to get rid of #ghostnets; using them to pave the roads
Hawaii tests asphalt made with recycled plastics and fishing nets for shedding share.google/yErkCADMpXsA...
This new painting is for an upcoming, thought-provoking exhibition that brings together art and environmental awareness.
Exhibition Details:
Dates: From Friday 3rd April 2026
Location: Old Low Light, Clifford's Fort, North Shields Fish Quay, NE30 1JE
#artexhibition #fish #ghostnets #sardines
A ghost net recovery team aboard a Zodiac pulling in a ghost net
A tangled clump of ghost net, rope, and floating debris
A snorkeler cutting ghost gear free for removal
Recovering ghost nets involves dangerous and often volunteer-driven dive operations to locate and remove abandoned fishing gear from marine ecosystems. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WhaleWednesday #GhostNets
#MaritimesRecycling
#Upcycling
#CircularEconomy
#Gadani
#Econyl
#Ghostnets
#GreenSteel
#OceanCleanup
#ZeroWaste
#RessourcenSchonen
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**Ghost Nets: Silent Ocean Killers**
640,000 tonnes of fishing nets are abandoned in our oceans yearly—enough to cover Scotland. These invisible traps kill millions of marine animals for decades.
We must act now.
#GhostNets #OceanConservation #SaveOurSeas
#ghostnets 💀🐟💀
#ecosky
#trawling
#factoryfishing
“"Ghost nets are one of the main sources of pollution in the sea," said Soh, per the Times. "Many of them are old or damaged, and instead of being disposed of properly, they're just thrown into the water. ”
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A sea turtle entangled in ghost nets stranded on a rocky shore
Ghost net fragments entangled in seaweed on a pebbled shore
Dive shears and ghost net fragments in a surgical tray
#Seaturtles face severe threats from plastic pollution through #ingestion, mistaking plastic for food, causing internal blockages, injuries, malnutrition, and death, and #entanglement in items like #ghostnets, leading to drowning, injury, or starvation. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #TurtleTuesday
Abandoned, discarded, and lost fishing gear (ADLF), recovered and piled for removal
A metal sieve for removing microplastics from the sand and shallows containing miscellaneous debris
Primary and secondary microplastics mixed with organic debris in a sieve
Ghost nets and microplastics make ocean cleanup incredibly difficult; nets are massive and hard to collect, while microplastics are too small to filter efficiently. Both forms of pollution pose distinct threats, requiring different, often costly, solutions for removal. #GhostNets #Microplastics
A ghost net underwater, silhouetted against the light at the surface of the sea
A volunteer recovering ghost net fragments washed ashore during the stormy weather
Abandoned, Lost, Discarded, Fishing gear (ALDF) recovered and piled on the rocks to be removed
Ghost gear accounts for at least 10% of all marine litter and comprises approximately 46% of the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. Estimates are that #GhostNets kill at least 136,000 seals, sea lions, and large whales annually, in addition to countless other species. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean
A bowl of clam chowder at Moss Beach Distillery
Moss Beach Distillery on a stormy overcast day
View out the window at Moss Beach Distillery
Chowder weather. Yum! Thanks to the crew @MossBeachDistillery, an official California Point of Historical Interest and former speakeasy. And since we’re hunting for #GhostNets later, we’ll keep an eye out for the "Blue Lady" apparition! #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean
**Ghost Nets: Silent Ocean Killers**
640,000 tonnes of fishing nets are abandoned in our oceans yearly—trapping & killing millions of marine animals for decades. These "ghost nets" don't discriminate: whales, dolphins, turtles, sharks all suffer.
Help... #GhostNets #OceanConservation #SaveOurSeas
Last year, she partnered with Ghost Diving USA to transform abandoned fishing nets into artwork raising awareness about #oceanpollution. #GhostNets #OceanConservation #PlasticPollution #EnvironmentalArt
Read all about it at KneeDeep Times: buff.ly/C4xIXqv
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Our Coral Reef Conservation & Diving Project, Thailand had the privilege of conducting a ghost net removal dive. 🇹🇭
Together, they successfully removed 101 kg of ghost net.🤩
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#iamworkingabroad #ghostnets #marineconservation #thailanddiving #ocean #oceans
Ghostnets transformed into sheets of recycled plastic
We have made our first sheet from recycled ghost nets found on Saunton beach!
#ghostnets #oceanplastic #recycled #sustainable
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#AquaticResourcesMalta welcomed 60 geography teachers from Malta & Gozo 🇲🇹
They explored the threats of #GhostNets, how #NETTAG+ acoustic tags help track and recover #LostFishingGear, and the importance of responsible fishing practices 🐠
#MissionOcean #HorizonEU #CINEA_EU
this is awesome. Need to do it everywhere else too. #greece #ghostnets #ecosystems #ocean #endangered #mediterranean #reef
Ghost nets, abandoned in Sri Lanka's waters, are critically endangering sea turtles, dolphins, and other marine wildlife by entangling them, highlighting a pressing threat to biodiversity. 🐢🌊 Link: https://tinyurl.com/2xv6utym #MarineConservation #GhostNets #BiodiversityCrisis
Congratulations Tangaroa Blue. This not-for-profit organisation is using 'trash' - GPS-enabled buoys that wash up on Far North Queensland beaches - to track and recover abandoned fishing nets, known as ghost nets.
#ghostnets #queensland #greatbarrierreef
Wet Tribe ghost net recovery team
Dragging fishing gear to the shore
Ghost gear research
When we locate lost or discarded fishing gear, we recover the ghost gear wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems. We then research and safely dispose of or recycle this material. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #GhostNets #FishingGear #Recovery
Ghost net diver
Dive tools
Net and coral fragments
Ghost nets also drift and snag on coral reefs and entangle wildlife – these discarded nets result in damage to coral reefs – they break, shade, and abrade coral, preventing them from healthy growth. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #GhostNets #FishingGear #Recovery
Abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG)
Ghost gear and plastic rafting
Drifting ghost nets
An estimated 640,000 to 800,000 tons of fishing gear are lost annually, accounting for at least 10% of all plastic pollution and 70% of all macroplastics by weight in our oceans. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #GhostNets #FishingGear #Recovery
🕸️ Ghost nets are abandoned fishing gear that silently traps marine life and damages delicate ocean habitats. 🐠🐡🐢
▶️ Full story on YouTube: tpc8.short.gy/GeFiAwb3
This video outlines the toll on marine life and efforts to stop it.
🌍 Share, and set the ocean free.
#GhostNets #Ocean #Pollution #TPC8
Thank you for this. I wanted to know more about these destructive ghost nets and found this. Sea Shepherd is doing great work. #ghostnets seashepherd.org/2025/03/29/a....
One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’ www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/... 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales […]
