Case Study - Ghostnet Campaign (Secondary)
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Lesson duration is: 10 minIntroduction
This Case Study connects with our Lesson Plan: Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear. It focuses on our Ghostnet Campaign, targeting the removal of Abandoned, Lost and Discarded (ALD) fishing gear from the ocean.
Instructions
This Case Study connects with our Lesson Plan: Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear. It focuses on our Ghostnet Campaign, targeting the removal of Abandoned, Lost and Discarded (ALD) fishing gear from the ocean.
This Case Study takes 10 minutes to complete.
Contact: education@seashepherdglobal.org
© Sea Shepherd 2021
This Case Study takes 10 minutes to complete.
Contact: education@seashepherdglobal.org
© Sea Shepherd 2021
Instructions
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This lesson is provided by Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd was founded in 1977 and is a marine conservation organisation working to protect the oceans and marine wildlife. Sea Shepherd works globally on a range of issues impacting the oceans, running numerous direct action campaigns each year. Ocean pollution is one area Sea Shepherd is working on to help stop marine life dying
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During the lesson we will use these icons to identify the learning actions.
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Ghostnets
Sea Shepherd volunteers in the UK are working to retrieve ghost nets along the coast of England, Wales and Scotland. Using Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB’s) and divers they are removing nets that have become caught on old wrecks, rocks and reefs. Its unknown at this stage how many nets are out there but it is likely to be thousands of them.
Sea Shepherd volunteers in the UK are working to retrieve ghost nets along the coast of England, Wales and Scotland. Using Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB’s) and divers they are removing nets that have become caught on old wrecks, rocks and reefs. Its unknown at this stage how many nets are out there but it is likely to be thousands of them.
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Global issue
As part of a wider effort by Sea Shepherd to combat the issue of discarded fishing gear, Sea Shepherd launched its Ghostnet Campaign in January 2018 to concentrate on known problem areas around UK coastal waters, but in 2020 our campaign is going global with our divers already being deployed to the waters of Bahrain.
As part of a wider effort by Sea Shepherd to combat the issue of discarded fishing gear, Sea Shepherd launched its Ghostnet Campaign in January 2018 to concentrate on known problem areas around UK coastal waters, but in 2020 our campaign is going global with our divers already being deployed to the waters of Bahrain.
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Divers
The Ghostnet campaign utilises highly experienced volunteer divers and Sea Shepherd fast boats to survey UK waters looking for discarded fishing gear (DFG) and recover it for safe disposal or recycling.
The divers are deployed to a potential or reported ghostgear site on one of Sea Shepherd UKʼs four Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIBs), where underwater 3D scanners pinpoint wrecks and sites to dive.
Sea Shepherd crew look for wrecks located particularly near intensive netting areas as the equipment often becomes snagged on wrecks and rocks and we check nearby areas as the water currents move the ghost gear along the sea bed to other underwater features where it may become entangled.
The Ghostnet campaign utilises highly experienced volunteer divers and Sea Shepherd fast boats to survey UK waters looking for discarded fishing gear (DFG) and recover it for safe disposal or recycling.
The divers are deployed to a potential or reported ghostgear site on one of Sea Shepherd UKʼs four Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIBs), where underwater 3D scanners pinpoint wrecks and sites to dive.
Sea Shepherd crew look for wrecks located particularly near intensive netting areas as the equipment often becomes snagged on wrecks and rocks and we check nearby areas as the water currents move the ghost gear along the sea bed to other underwater features where it may become entangled.
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Government approval
The divers will survey the wreck to ensure that the net or pot can be removed safely and that it hasn’t been down there so long as to have actually formed a habitat for marine life.
Enormous care is taken not to damage the wrecks and we work in conjunction with the UKʼs Maritime Management Organisations (MMO), Natural England and Historic England who have approved our method statements and we obtain official permits whenever applicable.
The divers will survey the wreck to ensure that the net or pot can be removed safely and that it hasn’t been down there so long as to have actually formed a habitat for marine life.
Enormous care is taken not to damage the wrecks and we work in conjunction with the UKʼs Maritime Management Organisations (MMO), Natural England and Historic England who have approved our method statements and we obtain official permits whenever applicable.
What could the implications
be of removing a net from a
reef system without completing
an inspection?
be of removing a net from a
reef system without completing
an inspection?
Slide 7 - Mind map
Ask students to complete their answers to the following question using the www.LessonUp.app or discuss in classroom.
“What could the implications be of removing a net from a reef system without first completing an inspection?”
“What could the implications be of removing a net from a reef system without first completing an inspection?”
Why is it important to seek government
permission before diving to clear ghost gear?
Slide 8 - Open question
Ask students to complete their answers to the following question using the www.LessonUp.app or discuss in classroom.
“Why is it important to seek government permission before diving to clear ghost gear?”
“Why is it important to seek government permission before diving to clear ghost gear?”
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