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The Seahorse Underwater Club among the top ten in clearing “ghost stones”
Diving clubs throughout Norway help to clear the coast for lost fishing gear, often referred to as “ghost stones”. At the top ten in Norway, Havhesten is underwater club in Tananger.
Lost fishing gear looms the sea and kills fish and shellfish. These divers are making a huge effort in the fight against ghost fishing and littering, says Fisheries Minister Harald T. Nesvik in a press release sent by the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries on Monday.
In a separate app, recreational fishermen can report lost fishing equipment, what is lost and where it was lost. It makes the job much easier for the divers who pick it up. So far, diving clubs all over the country have picked up 1132 rails, yarns, cruises and other lost fishing gear from the sea. The diving clubs are remunerated by the Norwegian Diving Association to report the found gear, the press release says.
A total of 40 Norwegian diving clubs participate in the work to keep the sea clean. Sea horse Underwater club in Tananger sails into a fourth place in the top ten of Norwegian clubs that contribute to cleaner seabed. Søgne Diving Club is at the top with 181 registered tools, while Mandal diving club comes in second place with 149 cleared tools. Drøbak Underwater Club has found 92 tools, and beats Havhesten with 8 tools. The Seahorse Underwater Club thus separates with 84 tools.
The figures apply from January to April 2019.
The Ministry states in the same message that it is the fisherman’s responsibility that the tools are not lost, and the fisherman is responsible for implementing measures that prevent the loss of tools. This means, among other things, getting to know the ground conditions and current conditions where you plan to fish. The Ministry also emphasizes the importance of overseeing the tools you set out so that they do not stay longer than is necessary.
– Anyone who runs recreational fishing is responsible for preventing tools from being left or lost. We therefore encourage everyone to report. It is good for marine life, and helps us gain more knowledge, says senior adviser Trond Ottemo at the regulating section of the Directorate of Fisheries about the aforementioned app where lost tools can be registered
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Entrepreneur, computer engineer and hobby fisherman Dag Frode Aasnes may be in the process of solving a global environmental problem.
Entrepreneur, computer engineer and hobby fisherman from Sandnes, Dag Frode Aasnes, lost a crab tea last year. It started something that could turn out to be a business adventure.
Ghost traps, they are called. Lost crab pots and lobster traps remain for years as eternal killing machines. Fish or shellfish that end up in these have little opportunity to escape. When they then starve to death, they act as bait and attract new ones, which in turn become trapped.
Diving clubs affiliated with Norway’s Diving Association have, over the last two years, removed 3,500 ghost traps, and received funding from the DNB Savings Bank Foundation to report images and data for research at the Institute of Marine Research.
However, it is not just for animals and the fauna in the sea that this is a problem. As Aasnes even experienced, it is nothing nice to lose precious equipment at sea. Millions of such traps are lost every year on the sea worldwide. The most common reasons are that the traps drive off to deeper water, but boat propellers can also cut the ropes.
The idea is about an extra floating unit that stays down with the crab. If the trap/gear remains under water for a long time, a floating unit is released. This is done by means of a rot-cord.
Here are also unimaginable opportunities in the near future. IOT (internet of things) is in a rapid development, and for a long time the inventor, together with business developer Helge Trettø Olsen, sees that the product can be expanded to include warning and positioning possibilities, according to a message from ResqUnit .
Trettø Olsen tells Hegnar.no that they are working on obtaining investors and associating themselves with industrial partners.
A rough estimate is that there are around 100,000 lobster and crab traps in use in Norway. Of these, about 10 percent are lost each year. In other areas, such as in some places in the Gulf of Mexico, the loss rate is twice as large due to hurricane season.
– Loss of fishinggear is a major problem worldwide, he states.
ResqUnit sees a great potential for the product. Trettø Olsen estimates a price of around NOK 200 per unit, or below $25.
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The Seahorse Underwater Club among the top ten in clearing “ghost stones”
Diving clubs throughout Norway help to clear the coast for lost fishing gear, often referred to as “ghost stones”. At the top ten in Norway, Havhesten is underwater club in Tananger.
Lost fishing gear looms the sea and kills fish and shellfish. These divers are making a huge effort in the fight against ghost fishing and littering, says Fisheries Minister Harald T. Nesvik in a press release sent by the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries on Monday.
In a separate app, recreational fishermen can report lost fishing equipment, what is lost and where it was lost. It makes the job much easier for the divers who pick it up. So far, diving clubs all over the country have picked up 1132 rails, yarns, cruises and other lost fishing gear from the sea. The diving clubs are remunerated by the Norwegian Diving Association to report the found gear, the press release says.
A total of 40 Norwegian diving clubs participate in the work to keep the sea clean. Sea horse Underwater club in Tananger sails into a fourth place in the top ten of Norwegian clubs that contribute to cleaner seabed. Søgne Diving Club is at the top with 181 registered tools, while Mandal diving club comes in second place with 149 cleared tools. Drøbak Underwater Club has found 92 tools, and beats Havhesten with 8 tools. The Seahorse Underwater Club thus separates with 84 tools.
The figures apply from January to April 2019.
The Ministry states in the same message that it is the fisherman’s responsibility that the tools are not lost, and the fisherman is responsible for implementing measures that prevent the loss of tools. This means, among other things, getting to know the ground conditions and current conditions where you plan to fish. The Ministry also emphasizes the importance of overseeing the tools you set out so that they do not stay longer than is necessary.
– Anyone who runs recreational fishing is responsible for preventing tools from being left or lost. We therefore encourage everyone to report. It is good for marine life, and helps us gain more knowledge, says senior adviser Trond Ottemo at the regulating section of the Directorate of Fisheries about the aforementioned app where lost tools can be registered.