In 14 dives, more than 5000 kilos of nets and 700 kilos of fishing lead were brought ashore from the sea. It concerned nets, lines, lobster cages, fishing hooks and toxic fishing lead that, according to the foundation, pose a serious threat to underwater life. In so-called entangling nets were dozens of lobsters, crabs and fish that were freed by the volunteers.
Debris on the seabed often collects at shipwrecks because they have many hook points and they cause sheltered spots in the current. It is difficult to salvage because it is attached to wreckage or has partly disappeared under the sand. The volunteers remove the waste by hand to disturb the biotope as little as possible, according to the foundation.
In the past twelve years, the volunteers say they have recovered 80,000 kilos of waste from wrecks in the North Sea. Shipwrecks act as nurseries and shelters for many animals, according to the foundation.