When a massive trawl net was reported snagged on the Glen Strathallan wreck in Plymouth Sound, our volunteer divers jumped into action (or rather, the ocean). Between the 13th and 14th of April, the team successfully recovered the enormous ghost net, which had been trapping marine life and posing risks to divers.

You can read the full recovery story in our original blog post.

Why Ghost Nets Matter

Ghost nets are abandoned or lost fishing gear that continue to trap and kill marine life, from fish to seals and sea turtles. They also create serious entanglement risks for divers. This particular net had already claimed one victim: a large wrasse, about a metre long, which our divers were able to free underwater.

Better Together: A Brilliant Collaboration

After the recovery, Fred, our Operations Manager, got in touch with the team at Behaviour Change Cornwall, who came to collect the net and begin the transformation process.

The net was absolutely massive. It couldn’t even fit in their van in one go! Made up of many different sections with various types and colours of netting all tangled together, it was a proper beast of a recovery.

Back at their facility, the Behaviour Change Cornwall team spent months painstakingly unpicking and cleaning every bit of it. After all that hard work, the net has been transformed into something rather special: ghost fishing net bracelets.

Wear a Piece of Ocean Conservation

It’s a brilliant way to give this destructive piece of gear a second life whilst raising awareness and funds for ocean conservation.
You can grab one of these bracelets from our shop or head to Behaviour Change Cornwall and wear a piece of the Glen Strathallan recovery on your wrist.

Every bracelet sold helps support both Ghost Fishing UK’s recovery missions and Behaviour Change Cornwall’s recycling work. It’s a win for the oceans, and a pretty cool conversation starter too.