Divers Against Ghost Nets

Our mission is to raise awareness of how to safely locate and recover Ghostnets around the world. Divers Against Ghostnets is a nonprofit, non-political organization that focuses on how to effectively and safely locate and recover Ghostnets.

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Get them up, safely

In almost every dive we do, we find small and large ghostnets and other environmentally damaging things in the oceans. This community page is dedicated to the experienced recreational diver who wants to make a difference while diving, without ruining the dive or getting into difficult situations underwater. Knowledge is key to safe diving and recovering ghostnets has many hidden dangers to the unaware divers. Remember that a ghostnet is not worth a human life… Gaining experience, standardizing dive routines, and developing training and teamwork are our goals.

Cooperations against ghostnets

One piece of information we like to receive from the public is where lost fishing gear may reside. This is the most important piece of information to be able to plan and execute any recovery dives.

We frequently use the Havs & Vattenmyndighetens reporting tool GhostGuard to improve the coordination of the loss and recovery reports. If you lose fishing equipment, please report it to GhostGuard.

Sponsor, Donate, Engage…

Our work is done with volunteers only, keeping our operational costs bare minimum. Diving is a costly method for ocean cleanups and we are dependent on sponsors and donations to finance our cleanups.

All donations are spent on expenses for our cleanups and the training of more skilled Ghostnet divers. We also hold seminars and interviews about our work for anyone who like to know more about the Ghost nets issues in our oceans.

Donations can be sent directly by Swish 123 441 08 09
or Bank Giro 5389-7047.

Beach cleanup as a corporate event…

We arrange corporate beach cleanups on and around Hönö in the Gothenburg archipelago in the spring season March to mid -June, this activity is suitable for company events from 5 persons and up to 100 persons and can be arranged quite weather-independent as we operate in an archipelago with coastlines in all weather directions. Contact us for a tailormade event for your corporate environmental activities

Become our sponsor

Engage your company with our work, combine a seminar with sponsorship, or why not a tailor-made beach cleanup with your employees and their families?

Sponsors will be listed on our sponsor page and can engage in any of our open activities during the year. Tailormade sponsor material can be developed with our media package.

Join our team

We are currently expanding the diving teams with skilled divers who can engage in a few dives per year in their spare time. We require that you have your own personal dive equipment, drysuit and a minimum of 100 logged dives in Swedish conditions.

Interpersonal skills are the key to successfully enrolling in our individual training program and becoming a fully-fledged team member in a DAGN Dive Team.

We use international dive standards and you are required to hold a suitable certification level to enter into the training plan.

We do not plan far ahead as good weather is the key to a successful recovery operation, so it´s beneficial if you can respond to quick decisions one or two days ahead of the dive operation. Current focus areas are around Lysekil and Gothenburg’s northern archipelago.

Rather a grey day at the ocean, than a sunny day at the office!

Sign our petition to ban trawling in Gullmarsfjorden

https://www.skrivunder.com/stoppa_tralnigen_i_gullmarn

Hey! Im not a diver but want to engage in your work…

We are looking for volunteers for boat work. If you can drive a boat, just let us know. Also administration, like webmaster or economical administration skills are welcome as it will leave us with more time for diving.

Contact, press and media

Postal address
Örnvägen 8
475 42 Hönö
Sweden