Ghost nets

GNA (GhostNets Australia) holds regular workshops and the results are exhibited widely. Debris washed up on beaches is used as the base material and GNA hopes to draw attention to this marine tragedy through its recycling efforts. This project was completed at the Cairns Indigenous Art Festival; photo by Kerry Trapnel, from the TAFTA newsletter.

Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been abandoned at sea, lost accidentally or deliberately discarded. They travel the oceans of the world with the currents and tides continually fishing as they progress through the waters. As they are unattended and roaming, they fish indiscriminately, not only catching threatened species but undersized and protected fish as well.