Fish Net Zero

27/05/2026

What a beauty of a day for our beach clean on the Machars in Southwest Scotland. We tackled an area at Philip & Mary point near Port William. On the surface it didn’t look bad but delving in amongst the tide line there was all sorts notably a huge amount of zip ties all in one patch. 8 people collected 52kg in one hour, no mean feat considering it was lots of small stuff.

As always we thank for the loan of the Litterpickers and for their ongoing support, for their generous sponsorship and to for the bin bags and rubbish collection and the members of public who show up all weathers 🙏✊

15/05/2026

🌿 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝔻 𝕃𝕆𝕎𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕆𝔽𝕋 is happening tomorrow! 🌿

Join us as we celebrate nature, community, and all things wild right here in Lowestoft. From activities and stalls to opportunities to connect with local projects, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

📅 Tomorrow
📍 London Road North, Marina Theatre, Lowestoft Library

Come along, bring your friends and family, and be part of a day dedicated to appreciating and protecting our natural environment 🌍💚
Fish Net Zero will be there alongside Litter Free Lowestoft Re-Utilise Community Repaint & Scrap Store Greener Growth Met Office Uncle Sid's Zero Waste Store with all sorts of activities and information

👉 https://lowestofttowncouncil.gov.uk/event/wild-lowestoft/

🌿 Wild Lowestoft is happening tomorrow! 🌿

Join us as we celebrate nature, community, and all things wild right here in Lowestoft. From activities and stalls to opportunities to connect with local projects, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

📅 Tomorrow
📍 London Road North, Marina Theatre, Lowestoft Library

Come along, bring your friends and family, and be part of a day dedicated to appreciating and protecting our natural environment 🌍💚

We can’t wait to see you there!

👉 https://lowestofttowncouncil.gov.uk/event/wild-lowestoft/

14/05/2026

Fish Net Zero will be a part of 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝔻 𝕃𝕆𝕎𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕆𝔽𝕋, this Saturday... an event, organised by Lowestoft Town Council to inspire passers-by.

It will be a full day of activities, information and exhibits for everyone to enjoy, inclusive for all the family, and everyone of all ages!!
Stall holders, outreach, coming together to champion how we can all make a difference for our environment, our World around us, and the children's future. Midst all the stands and stalls alongside us, will be (to Tag but a few!) Re-Utilise Community Repaint & Scrap Store ~ Met Office ~ Uncle Sid's Zero Waste Store ~ Greener Growth ~ Litter Free Lowestoft
https://lowestofttowncouncil.gov.uk/event/wild-lowestoft/

🎉 STALLHOLDER REVEAL for Wild Lowestoft! 🎉

It's time for our final stallholder reveal ahead of Wild Lowestoft taking place on Saturday 16 May.

🏫 Lowestoft Town Hall Project will be bringing an eco-trail and crafts for you to enjoy (make sure you watch their latest video to see the craft!)

🏖 Fish Net Zero will be promoting the work they do to tackle ghost gear and marine debris in UK waters and on UK Beaches

🌱 East Coast College will be bringing some activities and information about the climate initiatives they champion.

It's looking like a full day of activities, information and exhibits for everyone to enjoy so make sure you're in London Road North and take part!

All this and more as we come together to champion our environment 👉 https://lowestofttowncouncil.gov.uk/event/wild-lowestoft/

11/05/2026

Two days on board MV Nemesis in Grimsby, and five crew are now sharper, safer, and ready to save marine wildlife.

After a long winter lay‑off, while works were completed to get Nemesis up to standard, we took the opportunity this weekend to get Nemesis back into the North Sea in proper rough conditions for sea trials and real-world drills.

Across the weekend, we trained Sarah, Louise, Rhys, Jack and Jonny, covering our full crew training syllabus plus Oxygen Administration and additional practical systems work, all delivered in line with our Safety Management System and supporting our MCA Work Boat Code (Edition 3) manning requirements.

This wasn’t classroom theory. It was hands-on and built around the scenarios that matter:
● Man Over Board prevention and recovery practice
● Emergency fire drills
● Fire/systems shut‑offs and critical safety procedures
● Emergency Steering Drills
● Deck operations and safe working routines
● Diver support readiness and first-response capability

Training was led by the vessel’s Master, Muzzy, alongside one of our lead divers, Mark Powell. In addition to this internal training, all our crew are formally qualified in Sea Survival and Firefighting.

These are the weekends that build a crew everyone can trust and a vessel we can take to sea to save marine wildlife with confidence.

If you would like to join our volunteer crew, please drop us a DM.

03/05/2026

03/05/2026

Today our incredible volunteers at Fish Net Zero took action to protect our oceans

While this wasn’t a case of abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear, our team responded to reports of submerged waste — and what we found highlights just how serious marine pollution can be.

Our specially trained divers successfully lifted 12 tyres from the seabed.

They may look harmless, but over time tyres break down in saltwater, releasing microplastics and toxic chemicals such as zinc, lead, cadmium, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These substances can poison marine ecosystems, damage fish gills and organs, disrupt reproduction, and enter the food chain impacting both wildlife and human health.

We also recovered an old net pot that was still “ghost fishing,” trapping marine life unnecessarily.

Thankfully, our team was able to safely release the animals caught inside. Ghost gear like this continues to harm wildlife long after it’s lost, causing injury, starvation, and death.

Every item removed is a step toward a healthier ocean.

Our mission is simple: to create a safe, clean, and stable environment for all marine life from the smallest organisms to the largest species that depend on these waters.

Tyres and fishing gear end up in the ocean through illegal dumping, poor waste management, storm loss, and lack of awareness. Once there, they don’t just disappear they become long-term hazards.

Healthy oceans mean:
• Cleaner water
• Thriving biodiversity
• Stronger coastal ecosystems
• A more sustainable future for everyone.

This is just one of many actions we’re taking. Fish Net Zero has multiple diving campaigns planned across Scotland and England this year, and we’re just getting started!

If you care about protecting marine life, now is the time to get involved.

Together, we can turn the tide.

26/04/2026

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 beach clean today, Sunday 26th April... 32KG of coastal debris collected. We had some special young superstars in our group!! Little ocean warriors! ✨️
It's pretty standard, finding all the filled doggy-do bags during our beach clean-ups, these days, it seems like 'old news' to even mention 💩 One of our helpers did pick up a nappy today, as well, though.
Midst all the usual tiny plastics, bits of polystyrene, old packets, drinks cans, glass bottles, va**ng paraphernalia, plastic lids, fishing line, bits of rope, wet-wipes, there were far toooo many cigarette butts, again. —and 𝐰𝐡𝐲 are we still finding so very many plastic drinking straws?? 🍹🥤 (the picture of the straws shows only a portion of them). Our haul included 3 odd socks, a large towel, swimming goggles, a crocheted blanket, plastic beach toys, a shoe, The Grinch, hair bobbles, discarded cigarette lighters, AND 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙-𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕓𝕚𝕖 👙
I feel that what's most infuriating, are the two separate 'sit spots' where folk had sat in a group and left their plastic cups with plastic straws, wedged upright on the sand. Whilst another group had upped and left each of their cider cans, where they'd been sitting, along with plastic bags 🙄

𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨... 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻
We made such a difference, today, collecting so much in our sacks 🙏🏻

12/04/2026

𝙊𝙡𝙙 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙣, 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙠 beach clean today, Sunday 12th April... 25KG of coastal debris collected. ..𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥, we had quite a 💩💩💩 "pooey" time at Old Hunstanton 💩
⚠️(GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION incoming!!)⚠️
We're pretty used to all the doggy-do bags during our beach clean-ups. One person who joined us today, had 13 lots of bagged dog poo in their sack. (That's the least of our worries!)
⚠️ℙ𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥⚠️
𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓, complete with undigested sweetcorn 🌽🌽🌽
Apologies for this, but you need to know how low it gets!!! (no picture included).
A second dump was found towards the end of our clean, one of our regular attendees told me she'd found something "really unpleasant".
—"Someone has 💩 in a bucket" 🪣
Apart from this, Sunny Hunny was absolutely idyllic. Blue skies, happy four legged and two legged strolling, under the huge blue sky 💙
Midst all the usual old packets, drinks cans, glass bottles, va**ng paraphernalia, tiny plastics, wet-wipes, there were far toooo many cigarette butts. We had a broken kite, socks, a t.shirt, a large towel, swimming goggles, copper pipe, plastic beach toys, shoes, hazard label, polystyrene, a balloon, a beer pipe cleaning fluid container, AND we noted the usual amount of fishing rope, line, and bits of nets. It was interesting to chat with Jon, (volunteering, today with the RNLI) identifying the different types of nets that rope had derived from.

𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨... 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀