In order to support our environment and especially to preserve the marine environment and its biodiversity, we tend to carry out an action that will consist of the removal of the marine waste especially the abandonned plastic fishing traps and nets, around the Kuriat island. These types of traps and nets, commonly referred to as ghost fishing nets, have a significant impact on both the environment and fishing stock. Ghost fishing nets are lost or abandoned fishing nets that continue to entangle and kill marine life long after they have been discarded. They can also damage sensitive marine ecosystems and contribute to plastic pollution in our oceans.
In order to tackle this danger, we have to think rationally and find a radical sollution. We thought that in addition to awareness-raising operations, we wanted to find ways to evaluate and reuse such waste, together with the cooperation of the rehabilitation centers for people with disabilities who were able to turn it into a valuable product to be an income for them.
This action will at once help minimize the sea pollution and create a source of livelihood for this minority in order to become financially independent, able to provide for themselves basic needs and can rely on themselves instead of being dependent on their families.
- Name of organisation
- Notre Grand Bleu Association
- Type of organisation
- Non-governmental organisation
- Type of action proposed
- Citizen engagement, citizens-science, youth-led initiatives, communities of practice, ocean and water literacy, outreach, awareness raising and participatory approaches
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Prevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and watersPublic mobilisation and engagement
- List of Partners
SIGRID Rausing Trust Fund, Association Générale des Insuffisance Moteurs Monastir
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 5000
- Basin coverage
- Mediterranean Sea
- notre_grand_bleu@hotmail.fr
- Country
- Tunisia