Linda Thomas Eco Design created this dress from 1000s of metres of ghost fishing line and net rescued by the Fathoms Free dive team (including Natalia the model). But what is Ghost line, and how did it find its way into this dress?

30 October 2018 – Today, at the Our Ocean 2018 conference in Bali, Nestlé, the world’s biggest food company and Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket chain, have announced they have joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) to help address the more than 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear, also called ‘ghost gear’, ending up in our oceans every year.

he Trash Free Seas Alliance® announced today at the fifth Our Ocean Conference in Bali, Indonesia that the group has collectively committed more than $100 million in funding for research and incubation of scalable solutions to the ocean plastic crisis and eliminated 500,000 tons of virgin plastic from products and packaging annually.

La Comisión General de Pesca del Mediterráneo adopta como norma de desembarque la mejor práctica de las “aletas adheridas al cuerpo”. La nueva política obliga a desembarcar todos los tiburones con las aletas adheridas naturalmente al cuerpo, cerrando con ello lagunas que pueden llevar a un aleteo desapercibido. Esta prohibición total del cercenamiento de las aletas de los tiburones en el mar es la primera de su índole que adopta un organismo internacional de ordenación pesquera comprometido con la protección de múltiples especies de tiburones pelágicos, como por ejemplo los marrajos.

Les pays de pêche rassemblés à l’occasion de la réunion annuelle de la Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée (CGPM) ont pris la décision historique d’adopter une proposition de l’Union européenne portant sur le renforcement de l’interdiction régionale du « finning ». Cette interdiction complète de l’enlèvement des nageoires de requins en mer est la première de ce genre imposée par une organisation internationale chargée de questions halieutiques et engagée dans la protection de nombreuses espèces de requins pélagiques, dont les requins-taupes bleus.

In a groundbreaking decision, fishing nations gathered for the annual meeting of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) have adopted an EU proposal to strengthen the regional ban on “finning” (slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the body at sea). The new policy mandates that all sharks be landed with their fins naturally attached to their bodies, thereby closing loopholes that can lead to undetected finning.

Our Ocean, Our Legacy is the theme of this year's Our Ocean Conference. It reflects choices and actions to maintain the sustainability of our ocean’ resources and to preserve our ocean's health, as a heritage presented for our children and grandchildren. Project AWARE is committed to working towards solutions for a debris-free ocean for us today and future generations.

With a passion for sports and travel and a love for the ocean, Karolina from Poland and Marina from Spain wanted to set themselves a challenge that would combine doing what they loved with making a difference.

​​​​​​​It’s here! The newly revised Project AWARE Specialty course was announced by PADI® and Project AWARE® as part of the AWARE Week celebrations in September. The updated course provides information and encouragement to help individuals take responsibility for ocean health.