The next ghost net salvage by the GRD in cooperation with Wolfgang Frank is planned for November 2022. By means of upcycling, stylish bracelets, earrings or wooden pictures with ghost net decorations are created out of the fishing waste. Nets and net parts that are suitable for further processing are handed over to our partners from ColorSwell handmade design and Voice of the Seas. With their active support, they contribute directly to the preservation of the threatened biodiversity in the Baltic Sea, for which we thank them very much. The GRD team is pleased about the continuously growing interest on the part of recreational divers.
#Escort fish free#
They spare neither costs nor efforts and also sacrifice their free time to take part in this action. At this point, the tireless and selfless efforts of the volunteer divers must be emphasised. In the meantime, the GRD has recovered almost nine tonnes of ghost nets from the Baltic Sea. Wolfgang Frank removed all the rubbish from the harbour at the weekend it will now be disposed of properly. Other "finds": a submersible pump with hose, fish boxes, fire hoses, coal and a 30-centimetre-long piece of old railway track. Nine tonnes of ghost nets recovered from the Baltic Sea On Sunday, the divers had to do another hard job: elsewhere in Sassnitz harbour, they and their helpers also brought numerous nets, tyres and ropes ashore. On Saturday alone, almost 30 car tyres, many former fishing nets, plastic and tinned food, a chair, an anchor, a poster and starter batteries from trucks and cars were pulled out of the water in three hours. The divers did not have to search long for rubbish on the seabed, as it was virtually littered with various kinds of waste. On Saturday and Sunday, the wind conditions worsened so that the organisers were forced to change their plans: Instead of diving for ghost nets in the Baltic Sea, a rubbish collection campaign in the harbour basin of Sassnitz was on the agenda. All the parts were large herring nets from GDR times.Ĭlean-up in the harbour of Sassnitz brings a wide variety of "finds" to light With success! On the wreck "Kay", around 450 kilograms of nets and net parts were brought to the surface with lifting bags and then pulled into the accompanying ship. Twelve recreational divers from all over Germany were then deployed at a water temperature of nine degrees to free the wreck from the deadly ghost nets. Two submersibles and an escort vessel - the fishing cutter "Crampas" - headed for the former wooden freighter that sank east of Rügen. At the same time, these nets are nothing more than tons of plastic waste that decompose over the years and are fed into the marine food chain.
These contaminated sites of the fishing industry pose a great danger, as marine mammals drown in agony in the nets and fish die in them. Many of them are covered with former fishing nets. The former timber freighter is one of an estimated 1200 wrecks lying aground around Rügen.
However, the moderate wind conditions on Friday made it possible to carry out a ghost net salvage on the wreck "Kay" at a depth of 25 metres. The reason for this was the easterly wind on two of the three planned diving days (2 to 4 September), which caused high waves. Due to the weather conditions, adjustments had to be made in the implementation. The current GRD diving mission for the preservation of biodiversity in the Baltic Sea was once again under the motto " FOR SEA LIFE". In addition, more and more private initiatives - including many recreational divers, such as Robert Röske, owner of the diving centre Dive Baltic Sea Rügen, are joining the GRD initiative to free the Baltic Sea around Rügen from as many ghost nets as possible.
The Munich-based NGO was once again supported by ghost net expert and cooperation partner Wolfgang Frank.
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