“Ghost Nets” are discarded old fishing nets that float through the water and keep “fishing” – killing over 640k marine animals a year without any rhyme or reason.
The North Pacific Ocean is the largest plastic vortex and is twice the size of Texas! Nearly half is made up of old, lost, or intentionally discarded fishing nets. Globally, up to 1 million more tons of ghost nets pollute our oceans every year.
We recover and collect ghost nets to save our oceans and marine life and upcycle the nets to Bracenet products!
Become part of our virtuous upcycling loop and enjoy effortless sustainability.
With our products we collect donations for marine and environmental protection. So far, we have donated $270k to organizations such as Healthy Seas, Sea Shepherd, Everwave, the Ocean Voyages Institute and many more. $150k 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 118 miles of net a new lease on life – equivalent to the length of a total of 8,000 sperm whales!
