Networks do not catch, but the network – Republic

In addition to the crews of fishing boats in action will be attended by divers

Source: press release

Dozens of boats and diving team will fish in the Baltic Sea from May to August – but not cod, sprat and flounder, only the old network dangerous for fish, birds and marine mammals.

The campaign was organized Kołobrzeska Fish Producers Group in partnership with the WWF Poland. According to an estimate of the organization, only Polish exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea, lying about 800 tons of the network – spectra.

– Collecting old we started the network in 2011. Indeed, studies have shown that the network abandoned or lost by fishermen still fish themselves, they retain from 6 to 20 percent. of its original capacity. So far, we recovered from the Baltic 27 tons network, now we expect many times larger catch – explains Marta Kalinowska WWF Poland.

In addition to the crews of fishing boats in action will be attended by divers, because a lot of web breaks the engagement of wrecks. So hooked networks can delete only divers. Their base is the ship “Navigator” belonging to the Maritime University.

The experts from WWF Poland propose the creation of an electronic system for marking of fishing nets, which would determine the owner of a lost or abandoned gear, which in turn would limit the abandonment old network in the sea.

Networking fished during this year’s shares will be professionally disposed of on land.

-pap