Emerald Sea Protection Society is a non-profit organization protecting sensitive marine ecosystems in British Columbia, Canada from the devastating effects of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear.
Our organization is self funded. We are able to do a lot with the resources and expertise inside our group, but recovery of lost gear is a challenging, technical and expensive exercise. We spend every dollar donated on our projects, and we couldn’t do it without you. Please consider donating to help us keep the air tanks filled.
Check out our newest film documenting our gear removal project in double bay, BC!
have you seen our documentary called “ghost nets” focused on esps?
watch the trailer below!
click here to watch the full documentary on cbc gem.
Ghost Nets was filmed and produced by Monument Creatives for CBC
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In 2020 we returned to the Southern Gulf Islands to search for some of the last remaining pieces of seine net from a multi-year project near Pender Island. After multiple trips out to the location and many helping hands, we were able to recover some of the last pieces of net left onsite.
A short video detailing the work taking place to recycle lost net recovered at Pender Island in 2016.