Plymouth 4th-5th June 2022
Ghost Fishing UK returned to Plymouth this weekend with 2 new divers completing their first “live” project since completing their training course.
Day 1
We’d received a report of a lost Gill net a few weeks ago on a reef in the Yealm Estuary from Pete Plume (facebook Peter.plume) of BSAC club East Cornwall Divers.
Pete's report was very detailed and gave us great marks to start our search/survey for the lost gear.
The divers found the net as described in the report and completed their survey and then over lunch made a plan for recovery with Matt and Jonna doing the work supervised by Instructor Fred.
The net was successfully retrieved, but unfortunately there was only one live Spider crab to be found. All the other trapped animals had succumbed to the deadly net. These were removed and returned to the sea to contribute to the food web.
Day 2
Returning to the site of the Kingston Alalite in Plymouth Sound where the team had previously recovered 12 Lobster pots and some sections of Trawl net the team were eager to continue the cleanup of this Wreck.
Over 2 dives the team successfully recovered a further 3 Lobster pots, A huge entangled mass of rope from the pots, and 3 further sections of trawl net.
Upon loading all of the retrieved gear into the trailer for transportation to our storage site, unfortunately the weight was just too much for the aging trailer and one side of the suspension collapsed!! Luckily the kind chaps at InDeep once again saved the day and have allowed us to store the trailer temporarily until we can get it repaired.
Plymouth 4th-5th June 2022
Ghost Fishing UK returned to Plymouth this weekend with 2 new divers completing their first “live” project since completing their training course.
Day 1
We’d received a report of a lost Gill net a few weeks ago on a reef in the Yealm Estuary from Pete Plume (facebook Peter.plume) of BSAC club East Cornwall Divers.
Pete's report was very detailed and gave us great marks to start our search/survey for the lost gear.
The divers found the net as described in the report and completed their survey and then over lunch made a plan for recovery with Matt and Jonna doing the work supervised by Instructor Fred.
The net was successfully retrieved, but unfortunately there was only one live Spider crab to be found. All the other trapped animals had succumbed to the deadly net. These were removed and returned to the sea to contribute to the food web.
Day 2
Returning to the site of the Kingston Alalite in Plymouth Sound where the team had previously recovered 12 Lobster pots and some sections of Trawl net the team were eager to continue the cleanup of this Wreck.
Over 2 dives the team successfully recovered a further 3 Lobster pots, A huge entangled mass of rope from the pots, and 3 further sections of trawl net.
Upon loading all of the retrieved gear into the trailer for transportation to our storage site, unfortunately the weight was just too much for the aging trailer and one side of the suspension collapsed!! Luckily the kind chaps at InDeep once again saved the day and have allowed us to store the trailer temporarily until we can get it repaired.