In April, the “Diving with a Purpose” seminar in Dubrovnik brought together experts to address seabed ecological pressures, habitat restoration, and solutions to ghost fishing. Through the RestReef p…
A new study shows that fishing gear made from biodegradable plastics breaks down much faster in the ocean than traditional nylon materials. Researchers believe such materials could help reduce enviro…
During the WASTEREDUCE project info days in Pula, Croatia, Dorian Vodopia presented recent advances in SFI DSolve research area 5, highlighting new findings on ghost fishing based on data from Norweg…
We congratulate Huu-Luat Do on completing his PhD in Natural Resource Economics at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT. In this interview, he talks about his research on ghost fishing and s…
Huu-Luat Do, PhD candidate in Dsolve, recently presented the paper “A bio-economic model of ghost fishing with an application to the Norwegian snow crab fishery” at the prestigious BIOECON Conference…
A new research article from Dsolve highlights the challenges of ghost fishing in the Barents Sea. The study shows that lost snow crab pots can continue catching crabs for several years, leading to si…
A Dsolve research article estimates the amount of abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear in the Gulf of Riga and along coastal areas of the Baltic Sea. The findings show that thousands of nets an…
A new research article from Dsolve evaluates biodegradable gillnets as an alternative to traditional nylon nets in commercial cod fisheries. The study shows that biodegradable nets can perform on par…
At the conference, PhD student from UiT, Huu-Luat Do, presented recent work on ghost fishing and the voluntary adoption of biodegradable fishing gear, highlighting insights from the Dsolve project on…
As part of his PhD, Dorian Vodopia has conducted a field study to better understand the impact of ghost fishing. The study introduces a new method for measuring ghost fishing and clearly shows the lo…
At the end of March, Phd candidate in Dsolve, Huu-Luat Do, participated in the North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE) 2025 conference in La Jolla, San Diego, USA. In addition to …
This week, Dsolve is on an expedition with the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries to retrieve and document ghost fishing and marine litter caused by fishing activities.
Ghost fishing from lost fishing gear is receiving increasing attention in research and innovation. SFI Dsolve has asked 900 Norwegian fishermen what they believe causes lost gear, and about their per…