Kyle de Bouter holds up a pair of Patagonia board shorts made of recycled fishing nets, smiling as workers nearby slice old nylon nets to stack into seven-foot square, one-ton bales. “This is ...

The end goal is to stop using virgin nylon in outdoor apparel. Next, let’s take a look at the fishing industry, where nets used to be made from organic material that would break down in the ocean.

Bureo, a certified B-Corporation, developed NetPlus to reduce the harmful impacts of fishing waste on the oceans. Discarded ...

No matter your net’s size and application, I recommend spending the extra money to get rubber netting (rather than knotted nylon). Rubber is easier on both the angler and the fish, as lures and ...

Clothes and fishing nets that are made of nylon often end up in landfill or dumped in oceans, but a new way to break down the plastic could improve recycling By Chris Simms 10 February 2025 ...

The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) fined a group of fishermen after being caught using nylon fishing nets at a coast in the emirate. The EAD urged all fishermen to abide by laws to protect ...

These were trawling nets, made of nylon fibers up to four millimeters thick for hauling hundreds of fish at a time from the deep sea. Futtrup found Thyborøn's fishermen on Facebook and asked if ...