Fishing for Litter

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Fishing for Litter

@Fishing4Litter

Fishing for Litter is one of the most innovative & successful projects to tackle marine litter at sea involving a key stakeholder, the fishing industry.

Katılım Ocak 2013

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·25 Mar

The Fishing for Litter project of the Athanassios K. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation has been implemented in Greece since 2019 in collaboration with the environmental organization iSea. You can read about the project's excellent work here: fishingforlitter.org/news/isea-rele…

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·24 Mar

The team at KIMO UK (who run the Fishing for Litter schemes in England and Scotland) have developed a new set of educational resources aimed at helping children learn about marine litter in a fun and engaging way. fishingforlitter.org/uk/childrens-a… #MondayMotivation

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·24 Mar

ICYMI: KIMO Netherlands and Belgium’s Fishing for Litter project has removed 8.5 million kg of waste from the sea since the project began. 🤯 fishingforlitter.org/netherlands/ma… #MondayMotivation

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·5 Nis

Well done @IseaOrg! Keep up the good work 👏

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KIMO International@KIMOint·5 Nis

Why do fisheries collapse?📉 One of the significant causes of this decline remains dangerously overlooked A new report from @ToxicsFree shows that chemicals and pollutants drive fishery declines and ecosystem collapse ☠️ ipen.org/sites/default/… #PFAS #Pesticides #Plastics

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·2 Nis

At the recent 'Fishers of the Future' event in Brussels, researchers shared preliminary results from interviews with fishers from the 22 EU coastal Member States This research will inform policy You can share feedback till the end of April. Don't delay! oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/fishers-future…

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EU Maritime & Fish@EU_MARE·14 Mar

How can we better manage end-of-life fishing gear, improve circularity & reduce waste? The @EU_Commission & @osparcomm invite you to a two-day workshop focused on these issues. Join the discussion on 20-21 March,📍in Brussels or online👉 bit.ly/3TAdxQT #Fisheries

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·12 Mar

Great to see the continued growth of the Fishing for Litter Scheme in Scotland! 👏

Shetland News@Shetnews

Fishing litter scheme continues to gain popularity shet.news/fdkgr via @Shetnews @KIMOint

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·5 Mar

Tomorrow, KIMO's Fishing for Litter project will be showcased at the European Ocean Day in Brussels. The theme of the event: "What, in this wider, evolving future landscape, might be the pathways for Europe’s Seas, with a perspective to 2050?" We have a few thoughts about that!

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·26 Şub

Fantastic - keep up the good work in Greece! 👏

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KIMO International@KIMOint·26 Şub

We are honoured to support the excellent #CuttingDown Project in the Isles of Lewis & Harris in Scotland @PlasticAtBay work with the community to ensure that waste-cuttings from nets and ropes don't end up in the sea Beautiful film about the project 👇 youtu.be/lYcS9rNsxDM?si…

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KIMO International@KIMOint·1 Şub

Simply shameful.

Blue Planet Society@Seasaver

How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions – for trying to protect its own seabed! Local fishers helped halt underwater mining off Baja California’s coast in 2018. But then an obscure international legal process was put into motion. #deepseamining theguardian.com/environment/20…

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NETTAG+@NetTagProject·16 Oca

#NETTAG+ is developing technology to map and retrieve abandoned, lost, or discarded #fishinggear (ALDFG), aiming to MITIGATE its harmful impact on marine life and habitats. 🌊🔍 #MissionOcean #HorizonEU #CINEA_EU #LostFishingGear #CleanOceans

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NETTAG+@NetTagProject·19 Ara

🌊 Great News! The #NETTAG+ project is developing acoustic tags for #LostFishingGear recover, avoiding #MarineLitter. Our innovative tags have already proven their worth in the North Sea storms. Stay tuned for more insights! 🎣🔍 #HorizonEU #MissionOcean #CINEA_EU #CleanOceans

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·4 Ara

Listen out for the interview with David Stevens, skipper of the trawler Crystal Sea, who is a long time supporter of the #FishingForLitter project and does an excellent job of drawing attention to the many tonnes of #marinelitter removed by fishermen with a little help from us😊

KIMO International@KIMOint

Wonderful BBC Podcast episode about the 5 million pieces of Lego which continue to wash up on beaches in Cornwall 26 years after a container ship lost 62 #ContainersOverboard. Listen to the full episode below 👇 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… Also check out: @LegoLostAtSea

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KIMO International@KIMOint·29 Kas

Last week we were honoured to participate in the Arctic Symposium in Reykjavik 🇮🇸 We highlighted the importance of working with stakeholders such as fishermen and ports to put in place practical solutions to prevent plastic pollution at source. #ArcticPlastics2023

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·23 Kas

The Scottish #FishingForLitter project visited Peterhead Harbour to meet with the New Harbourmaster Ewan Rattray and Peter Duncan, Head of Fishing/Commercial. Many thanks to #PeterheadPortAuthority and the Peterhead fishing community for hosting us! To many more years! 🤝

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KIMO International@KIMOint·23 Kas

This week we were at the #CleanOceanArena2023 event in Bergen 🇳🇴 We were able to share our insights from the @Fishing4Litter project It was our privilege to moderate the panel discussion on “Extended Producer Responsibility to End Ocean Plastic” Many thanks to all involved!

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·15 Kas

That's a lot of plastic removed from the sea for good @power633! Thank-you and keep up the good work!

west coast fishing@power633

Another day another amount of plastic brought ashore .#protect our home #protectouroceans #plasticocean #healthyoceans #seafood @Bordbia @BordIascMhara @Fishing4Litter @CleanCoasts @SkipperEditor @MarineInst @MarineTimesNews #staronia2 #supportirishfishing

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Fishing for Litter@Fishing4Litter·15 Kas

Thanks for the mention @seaclearproject!

SeaClear 1 & 2@seaclearproject

Let’s meet some #SeaChampions! @fishing4litter is a project started by KIMO International, a network of local governments working for healthy seas and clean beaches. The project involves the fishing industry, one of the key stakeholders, in reducing marine litter.

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@ToxicsFree @EU_Commission @osparcomm @PlasticAtBay @power633 @seaclearproject @elonmusk @BarackObama