Healthy Seas

Volunteer divers recover ghost nets: Healthy Seas reports 1,309.1 tons of nets and marine litter removed since 2013 (Healthy Seas figure).

Image: NASA (iss071e207494).

The Five W's of Healthy Seas

Who

Healthy Seas, a nonprofit working with volunteer divers of Ghost Diving, local communities and about 150 partner organizations.

Source: Healthy Seas press kit 2026 (nonprofit)

What

Cleanups that remove ghost nets and other marine litter, plus recycling of suitable nets into ECONYL® yarn with Aquafil.

Source: Healthy Seas press kit 2026 (nonprofit)

Where

Projects in countries including Greece, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland and Germany: shipwrecks, coastlines and abandoned fish farms.

Source: Healthy Seas press kit 2026 (nonprofit)

Why

Ghost nets stay in the sea for hundreds of years and keep catching and killing marine life.

Source: Healthy Seas press kit 2026 (nonprofit)

Impact Statement

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Healthy Seas reports more than 1,309.1 tons of ghost nets and other debris removed from the ocean through its clean-up operations (Healthy Seas figure, 2026 press kit). It also works with the fishing industry and fish farmers on prevention.

Source: Healthy Seas press kit 2026 (nonprofit)

For Further Information: Healthy Seas press kit 2026 (nonprofit)

How This Saves People & the Planet

For People

Healthy Seas works with fishing communities and fish farmers to prevent net loss and turns recovered nylon into new yarn, creating value from waste (nonprofit description).

Source: Healthy Seas press kit 2026 (nonprofit)

For Nature

Every ghost net removed stops needless biodiversity loss and the overexploitation of fish that these lost nets cause.

Source: Healthy Seas press kit 2026 (nonprofit)

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