From BSAC Sports Diver to Ghost Fishing UK Diver
Chris Hawes joined near the very beginning and tells how he developed his own skills to become an effective member of the team.
My journey from diver to instructor
Jason Bramwell recounts how he learned to survey and recover ghost gear, and how he moved on to teaching these skills himself.
Gettin’ down with the Beeb
Christine Grosart on ghost net recovery in Cornwall with a BBC tv film crew in tow!
Cleaning up Madame Alice
Divers often see fishing nets cloaking the shipwrecks they visit. But can lost fishing gear ever become a habitat for marine life? And if so, should it be left in the sea?
Five shocking ghost fishing statistics
Ghost fishing depletes the species targeted by fishermen to the detriment of the fishery itself.
Could you volunteer with Ghost Fishing UK?
Divers are at the heart of the charity, but we also need non-divers to volunteer time. We would love you to join our team, so read on to find out more.
Cornish clean-up
Read volunteer diver Emma Biggs’s personal account of her Cornish adventure with Ghost Fishing UK!
Meet the mini beach cleaner
During Ghost Fishing UK’s project week in Cornwall our chairman, Rich Walker, met Louis-Matisse Nicholls, otherwise known as the Mini Beach Cleaner, for a ghost gear removal primer session
540 kilograms of ghost gear recovered
Read about our week-long summer project that recovered over half a tonne of lost fishing gear from Cornish waters.
Caught on the Conqueror
Shipwrecks provide homes for fish and crustaceans, so inshore fishermen sometimes set their nets and traps near them, but get too close and the gear can become caught and lost!