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Fathoms Free Registered Charity 1192613 The global marine debris problem is one the greatest threats our planet has ever encountered.

Fathoms Free protects marine wildlife and the environment for everyone's benefit by removing ALDFG (abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear) and other marine debris from the coastal waters of Cornwall and Devon. Fathoms Free is a registered Charity - number 1192613
We are a group of volunteer Conservationists who refuse to simply stand by and watch, whilst our seas turn into uninhabitable dumping grounds. Research suggests that ALDFG (Abandoned, Lost or Discarded Fishing Gear) makes up a large portion of marine debris and poses a continuous threat to marine life. If the seas can no longer sustain life, neither can the planet. The problems posed by ALDFG are well documented. Divers are in a unique position to assist in tackling this threat. The group is made up of people from various backgrounds, agencies and organisations. If you would like to take a proactive step towards protecting our seas, please like and share our page, and help raise awareness of our work.

From lost pots and ghost gear to marine research! Today Fathoms Free gave Cornwall Wildlife Trust four of our recovered ...
18/09/2026

From lost pots and ghost gear to marine research!

Today Fathoms Free gave Cornwall Wildlife Trust four of our recovered pots so that they could become something greater!

Thanks to an innovative idea from Marine Biology Life, these recovered crab and lobster pots, which were once ghost gear, will be repurposed and given a new lease of life as Baited Remote Underwater Video System (BRUVS) frames for Cornwall Wildlife Trust. They will be monitoring the valuable seagrass and maerl habitats in St Austell Bay.

Hopefully, following their successful deployment, CWT Your Shore Network groups will be able to have their own lost-pot BRUVS to monitor their local waters in the near future! 💙

To celebrate World Oceans Day this weekend, the team at Fathoms Free worked with BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club divers to ...
08/06/2026

To celebrate World Oceans Day this weekend, the team at Fathoms Free worked with BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club divers to clean the beach in front of St. Michael's Mount from Long Rock to Marazion.

A group comprising members from a dozen BSAC clubs got together for the beach clean on Saturday afternoon, which was also supported with additional litter picking equipment loaned by the team behind the Golowan Festival.

The windswept crew cleared the beach of everything from the usual bottles, cans, and other land-based litter to ropes and bits of fishing industry waste. Often, the volunteers were seen running after cans and bottles they'd freed from the sand, only for the wind to take them back before they could put them in their bags!

A sizable piece of net and a pot had also been ejected from the ocean by Mother Nature and were removed from the marine environment by the volunteers. The lucky lobster and crabs that were trapped in the pot were returned to the sea to live another day.

Huge thanks to everyone who volunteers their time to make a difference to the marine environment. We can't all do everything, but we can all do something to make a difference, and we're stronger together. 💙🔱

Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David Attenborough. You're a national treasure who has been an inspiration and positive influe...
08/05/2026

Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David Attenborough. You're a national treasure who has been an inspiration and positive influence to millions of people around the world for generations. 💙

📷 Credit Conor McDonnell, Silverback Films

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