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๐๐ฑ Embracing Sustainability: Giving Second Life to Ghost Nets! ๐ The Ghost Diving Spain chapter has successfully retrieved many nets, relieving the #marine environment in #TossadeMar. ๐๐ #SustainableLiving#OceanConservation
Retrieved nets, released lobsters & crabs - a successful day!๐ค๐ฆ
#volunteers were quite busy today with removing ghost gear from the #sea off the #CostaBrava during the first project day with @healthyseas_org & partners ๐
We're looking forward to retrieving a big net tomorrow๐ฑ
Ghost gear #catching ghost gear?! ๐ณ - Day 2 in #Spain was intense! ๐ช
#volunteers retrieved a huge bundle of #ghostgear & it took 6 people three entire hours to separate it๐
This way, we discovered that the bundle contained six different types of #nets of different ages๐ฆ
Today, we retrieved a bundle of 6 different #nets & a broken #crabcage that were lost or #abandoned during 6 different points in time ๐คฏ๐ฆ #Volunteers spent over 3 hrs on this & we're all deeply impressed by the #ghostdiving Spain chapter that encounters things like this often๐ฑ
Diving is only 1 part of what we do!๐ค๐ชผ
After #ghostnets are sent up, we need to separate them๐ณWhy? Because #ghostgear can catch ghost gear and we're left with a huge bundle of mixed materials๐งTo be able to re- & upcycle any of it, they need to be sorted manually first ๐ช
It's teaser time! ๐
After cleaning up 76 tons in 2021, this year we've returned to Ithaca to continue the massive "ghost farm" clean up! ๐ช
We've joined forces with team of #volunteers and #partners and recovered another 25 tons of ghost gear and marine litter together ๐ฑ
Happy Animal Monday! โ๏ธ๐๏ธ
Sometimes we release the most amazing looking creatures from ghost gear โจ
Could you name this cute crab species? ๐๐ฆ
#happyanimals#crab#happymonday#healthyseas
Shallow retrieval #missions aren't always easy! ๐
It took 3 dives over several days to recover the whole net from a #reef in the #RedSea ๐ค
It was located directly on the edge of the reef flat to the drop off to deeper waters & completely entangled in #corals! ๐ชธ@healthyseas_org
๐คWeโre thinking about #longlines ๐ฃ
Shorter, hooked branch lines are attached at one main line which can be multiple #kilometers in length! ๐ฎ
That means #thousands of hooks can hang from a single line! ๐ฅ
Sharks, albatross, turtles & dolphins can get caught in long lines ๐ฌ
In collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery, and our partner @healthyseas_org , our new documentary miniseries, Going Circular, launches today! Over the series, you'll find out how waste can be transformed into an eco-friendly resource. Watch now: https://t.co/YmHhsQdkRe