COLLECTING GHOST NETS IN THE BALTIC SEA - WWF

All ports have developed plans
for the management of vessel-
-generated waste, including fishing gear;
so far fishing gear has only been disposed
of at landfills, rather than recycled.
The procedures for handling the above-mentioned
gear in the individual ports are as follows:
Świnoujście
Fishing gear recovered from the sea is received
by the port master, officially recorded and stored in
a dedicated container in the Navigation Aids Base.
Completely filled containers are transferred to
a landfill by municipal services at a charge.
Niechorze
A detailed ”Vessel-Generated Waste and Cargo
Residue Management Plan in Sea Fishing Area In
Niechorze” (only in the Polish language) is available
on the website of the Maritime Office in Szczecin at
http://www.ums.gov.pl/odpady/Plan%20
Niechorze%202010.pdf.
Kołobrzeg
The communal port is administered by the Port
Authority, which has signed a contract with the
Fire Services. Under this contract, the Fire Services
clean the docks of waste generated by vessels
or deposited by the River Parsęta (including dead
farm or wild animals), at a charge. The waste
is transferred to an authorised landfill.
Dziwnów
The procedure is similar to the one in Świnoujście.
Nets retrieved from the sea are collected in a separate
facility (a portable metal garage) and transferred
to a landfill once the garage fills up. The photograph
below shows the net storage facility on the
premises of the Port Master’s Office in Dziwnów.
Darłowo
Waste generated by fishing vessels and manufacturers
of fishing gear is collected in containers
together with other types of waste (there are no
separate containers for nets) and transferred to
a landfill by municipal services.
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