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Combined forces in Greece

Because Greece has a coastline of 13,676 kilometers (8,498 miles), the largest in the Mediterranean, this chapter generally works with a strong combination of international Ghost Diving volunteers, reinforced with local divers. Due to the many diving centers in Greece, we work efficiently with th...

(Ghost) fishing in the Korean South Sea

Our Korean chapter invited us to run a cleanup project in the South Sea (Namhae), and of course we wouldn't say no. South Korea is a beautiful country, with friendly, highly motivated people. And of course we are also very curious about the situation on the ground regarding the “ghost fishing” pr...

Lake conservation: Ohrid

Lakes, but actually freshwater in general, are not very common locations for our divers in our field. It was even more special to run a cleanup project in one of the oldest and most iconic lakes in Europe, both on the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves and on the UNESCO World Heritage Lis...

10 Years of Ghost Diving

It was late 2012 when we decided that conservation diving, and in particular the focus on removing lost fishing gear, had to be approached in an effective and, in particular, safer way. Ghost Diving was founded by a small group of enthusiastic technical divers in the Netherlands. We first started...

"The Dutch" support Ghost Diving UK volunteers in cleaning up the SS Mars

On the 29th of July 2023, a team of incredible volunteers from Ghost Diving UK and Ghost Diving NL came together for a noble cause - to lift a massive "ghost net" from the depths of the North Sea. The abandoned trawler net, hauntingly named a "ghost net," had been causing untold damage to our mar...

Ghost Diving Poland supports Operation Spöknät in Sweden

In July 2023 the total of five members of Ghost Diving Poland together with other divers, volunteered in a project organized and managed by GUE Sweden – Operation Spöknät. The project was launched in 2019 to map and remove ghost nets from the waters around Sweden, including the Baltic Sea. T...

First clean-up of SS Pelagosa, Croatia

SS Pelagosa was an Austro-Hungarian armed ship sunk by an Italian submarine off the island of Grujica, Croatia, in February 1918. It was about 50 meters long and 6 meters wide and it rests in navigational position on the seabed 52 meters below the surface. The shipwreck is almost completely intac...

Massive Effort to Protect the Environment and Historical Wrecks Takes Place off Lampedusa

During an eight-day expedition that wrapped up on June 29th, volunteer divers from five countries removed ghost gear from ships sunken during WWII in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy’s Lampedusa Island, and Tunisia. Healthy Seas teamed up with Ghost Diving and SDSS for a third consecutive...

Survey mission at Arrow Point, USA

Team Ghost Diving USA set out aboard the Giant Stride for a survey mission at Arrow Point. The primary objective for the first dive was to collect GPS and depth data for lobster traps that were previously reported to be there by a few team members. The secondary objective was to bring up one lobs...

Ghost Diving Germany at the Baltic Sea again

In June 2023 Ghost Diving Germany went out again, operating from Fehmarn at the Baltic Sea, again. Fehmarn is a pristine location for net raids as it provides access in all directions and has seen intensive fishing in past times, so there are plenty of nets to be found. This time we went for...

Ithaca clean-up documentary "Best Environmental Film" at Cannes World Film Festival

The recently released documentary about our legendary project Journey to Ithaca 2021 has been awarded "The Best Environmental Film" at the Cannes World Film Festival! We are beyond honored that this unprecedented cleaning is inspiring an international audience!We especially thank Michael Westreic...

A grim reminder on the Tuna Clipper, USA

Team Ghost Diving USA returned to the Tuna Clipper on June 5th. There were multiple objectives for this mission. The first, to collect the rest of the net needed for the Beam Center playground equipment project. Next, recover a lift bag left behind on the last trip to the Tuna Clipper. Net handli...

MV MAKO is getting ready for the new North Sea season

Our boat MV MAKO is currently being prepared for a new North Sea season by our volunteers. Among other things, she was taken out of the water to completely clean the bottom of the boat from fouling and to provide it with a new anti-fouling paint. In this way, other parts could also be cleaned mor...

Healthy Seas goes Global with Record Number of Activities

Thanks to the commitment and passion of our Healthy Seas team, our partners and of the many Ghost Diving volunteers we are proud to collaborate with, 2022 was an incredible year for Healthy Seas! Through hard work, strategic synergies, and creativity, we were able to achieve a truly global e...

SKARV: More eyes on marine pollution

In recent years, our projects have increased in size, with different requirements for the preparations. For example, more intensive scouting had to be done and surveys were also carried out above water in addition to the usual reconnaissance dives. An aerial reconnaissance turned out to be a logi...

Ghost Diving Egypt joins East Med in Cyprus

2023 has started out by being a busy year for Ghost Diving East Med. While the winter season is an unstable time frame where the sea only gives us some window for diving, weather dependent, we take the available opportunities to SCOUT / SCAN the underwater locations for Discarded or Lost Fishing...

The extremely high price of our eating habits

During their first action of 2023, our Ghost Diving Greece volunteers faced a horrific situation when they tried to remove a ghost net from the waters of the Saronic Gulf. An unlucky turtle became entangled in a fishing net, presumably while trying to feed, and subsequently drowned. Conside...

Healthy Seas joins hands with Ghost Diving Hong Kong to remove gill nets

In conjunction with World Water Day, Healthy Seas is proud to announce it has expanded its geographic focus and launches activities to Hong Kong. Healthy Seas is an environmental nonprofit organization founded in 2013 that began its marine conservation work in the Netherlands. Today, the o...

Ghost Diving USA takes care of Tuna Clipper

Location: Santa Catalina IslandWreck: The San Vito aka the "Tuna Clipper " Ghost Diving USA continues their pursuit of ghost nets on the Tuna Clipper. On February 13, divers set out aboard the Giant Stride to collect more net for the Beam Center playground project. Conditions were less than ...

"Ghosts" continue to haunt Ithaca

You certainly didn't miss that in 2021 and 2022 we ran two large abandoned fish farming projects from the beautiful island of Ithaca in the Ionian Sea. The results were impressive and with a total of more than 100,000 KG unparalleled in size. While we were active there we listened carefully ...

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