Our mission
With our products we collect donations for marine and environmental protection. So far, we have donated €250,000 to organizations such as Healthy Seas, Sea Shepherd, Everwave, the Ocean Voyages Institute and many more. €150,000 of that goes solely to Healthy Seas – actively supporting the recovery of more ghost nets and preventive measures. More to come!
The 250 divers from Healthy Seas and Ghost Diving are traveling worldwide, braving wind and waves, to retrieve more and more ghost nets They have now recovered over 773 tons – roughly equivalent to the weight of 6 blue whales. Our donations fund, among other things, boat rentals, safety training, and diving equipment. Thank you for your help!
After retrieval, the ghost nets are initially sorted and cleaned with water by Nofir. Then, we process them with loving upcycling craftsmanship in Hamburg into many new products, such as Bracenets and dog leashes. So far, we’ve given around 190,000 meters of net a new lease on life – equivalent to the length of a total of 8,000 sperm whales!
drowning in a flood
of plastic waste
THE PROBLEM
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, one of the five major plastic gyres in our oceans, covers an area 4.5 times the size of Germany. And what’s even more surprising: 46 % of it is composed of ghost nets. These are fishing nets that were either lost or intentionally discarded at sea. Every year, up to 1 million more tons of these nets end up in our oceans. They lose their purpose but not their function and pose a great danger to marine animals. Ghost nets haunt the oceans for centuries to come until they have decomposed into dangerous microplastics in 600-800 years – or until we do something about it!
nets from the
oceans
means one piece
of ghost net less
to healthy seas
grateful for
your support
"houseboat huckleberry finn"
more than the
environment
haven't
had enough ?
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