1,400+ Ghost Nets Removed Around 640 000 tons of ghost gear end up in the ocean every year each year, accounting for about 10 percent of the world’s marine debris. Between July 2013 and October 2019, ORP volunteers in Maldives, Pakistan, Oman, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka have removed, reported and safely disposed of more than 1,400 ghost nets and … Read More

  What To Do With All That Ghost Gear? How can we repurpose and reuse ghost gear? That is the big question! The Olive Ridley Project has partnered with several artists and organisations trying to find viable options.   Reuse of Ghost Gear in Traditional Crafts Seher Mirza is a textile researcher at the Royal College of Arts, London. Her … Read More