As the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) recognized the urgency to address marine plastic litter from ships, an Action Plan was adopted at its seventy-third session (resolution MEPC.310(73)). To contribute to an ambitious plan to reduce marine litter, in particular ‘Abandoned/Lost/Discarded Fishing Gear’ (ALDFG), the Netherlands submitted an Information Paper to IMO PPR 9: … [continue reading]
Haunted Sea: An in-depth investigation of the problem of ghost gear
Each year KIMO Sweden present a scholarship to investigate a pressing environmental problem. The scholarship holder for 2021, Anna Axelsson, focused her research on ghost gear. Ghost gear is fishing gear (nets, lines, creels and pots) that has been lost or discarded into the sea and is the most harmful form of marine debris because … [continue reading]