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50% of ocean trash comes from abandoned fishing gear....

Beyond The Reef is working to systematically remove abandoned fishing gear from BVI's waters.

To date we have cleaned:

Beyond The Reef weighs all gear that we bring back in to the dock.  

When a net is of high enough quality, we store it for fut



Weight of plastic collected: 14,213.39 lbs

Weight of abandoned/lost fishing gear (ALDFG): 42,303.78 lbs

GRAND TOTAL: 56,760.35 lbs


Distance travelled: 2517.98 miles or 2188.06 nautical miles

Learn more on our Interactive Map Here!

Abandoned fishing gear such as nets, floats, ropes and traps are also responsible for entangling marine species such as turtles, sharks, whales, dolphins and sharks. Beyond The Reef has partnered with local company Commercial Dive Services (who has volunteered their boats, equipment and commercial divers) to remove dangerous and polluting fishing debris as efficiently as possible. This including removing nets, floats, ropes and traps from the waters, beaches and other places that are typically hard to get to.

Several hours of cleanup using 2 boats in tangent. 

Cleanup in the shallows around Salt Island and Ginger Island.

Cleanup in the shallows around 

Salt Island and Ginger Island. 

    Net removal from shore

    Often times we go by boat and use scuba tanks, but sometimes if there is heavy reef and it is close enough to a beach we can just cut and swim it out. 

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