Ghost Fishing Gear

Ghost fishing gear refers to any fishing equipment or fishing-related litter that has been abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded. It has a negative impact on marine life. Seals, dolphins, turtles, and whales can all get tangled in the nets.

Marine Conservation Zone

In 1986, the voluntary Marine Nature Reserve became Britain’s first statutory
Marine Nature Reserve and in 2010 the area was designated as the UK’s first Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). This MCZ focuses on spiny lobsters and overlapswith the Special Area of Conservation (designated in 2010) that protects the island’s reefs, sea caves and sandbanks along with the island’s population of around 200 breeding grey seals. Together these designations form Lundy’s Marine Protected Area.Lundy Is a Marine Conservation zone, so it is important to protect our waters.

Conservation Art

The products I make seek to create awareness of the danger of discarded fishing gear. The vessels serve a purpose as a basket, the aim is to create an ecological statement. This taps into ‘people’s emotions and values’, as supported by Geoff Tansey in Neal, L., (2016). Playing for Time: Making Art as if the World Mattered. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Most of the vessels created serve a purpose as a basket. But, the aim is to create an ecological statement. This statement taps into ‘people’s emotions and values’, as supported by Geoff Tansey in Neal, L., (2016).

References: Neal, L., (2016). Playing for Time: Making Art as if the World Mattered. Bloomsbury Publishing.