With main funding support from Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Ghost Gear Fund (DFO-GGF), we supported hurricane-impacted areas of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Southwestern Newfoundland with collection and recycling services of PVC-coated wire mesh gear and plastic rope and netting.

From May 2023 – July 2024, we have:

• partnered and/or worked with over 130 organizations (including seven processors);
• set-up twenty-five (25) collection sites across Atlantic Canada; and
• have collected, transported and recycled over 1,420 tonnes (1,273.69 tonnes through DFO-GGF) of end-of-life fishing and aquaculture gear; 
• have responsibly landfilled over 16 tonnes of wood and wood and wood /wire lobster traps, buoys, etc.

See our tables below for breakdown by gear type, weight (in tonnes), and percentages by province as well as by processor.

Province	Wire Lobster Traps and Steel Crab Pots	Plastic Rope and Netting	Total	Percentage of Total Recycled
Nova Scotia	679.28	320.62	999.89	70.2%
New Brunswick	169.86	176.06	345.92	24.3%
Prince Edward Island	6.80	42.00	48.80	3.4%
Southwestern Newfoundland	11.50	18.30	29.80	2.1%
TOTAL (tonnes)	867.44	556.98	1,424.42	100%

Processor	Type	Wire Lobster Traps and Steel Crab Pots Recycled	Plastic Rope and Netting Recycled	Percentage of Total Recycled
American Iron & Metal	Metal Recycler	849.14	N/A	59.6%
PLASTIX A/S	Plastic Rope & Netting Recycler	N/A	493.14	34.6%
Ocean Legacy Foundation (partnered with Coastal Action)	Plastics Recycler	N/A	52.43	3.7%
NewCo Metal & Auto Recycling	Metal Recycler	11.50	N/A	0.8%
Recycle on the Rock (partnered with ACAP Humber Arm)	Plastics Recycler	N/A	10.00	0.7%
A & S Scrap Metals Limited	Metal Recycler	6.80	N/A	0.5%
Polytechnique Montréal (partnered with Nets for Net Zero)	Leaded Rope & Monofilament Netting Researcher	N/A	1.41	0.1%
TOTAL (tonnes)		867.44	556.98	100%

See our Previous Collection Map (Note: NOT accepting any materials at any site):