Grundéns is using recycled plastic from old fishing gear to make a new sturdy casual wear series. The first batch includes Cordova’s contribution.
The motto of Grundéns is “We are fishing”, and it is the preferred brand for sailors’ outerwear and bad weather equipment all over the world. The company originated in Sweden in 1911 and launched its NetSource series this spring. Men’s shorts and women’s tights use ECONYL, a recycled nylon fabric.
The company has established a connection with the Copper River Basin project, which collects fishing nets and prepares to ship them to Europe, where they are recycled into plastic pellets, or in this case fibers.
Mat Jackson, Chief Marketing Officer of Grundéns, said: “We believe that it is very important to use our brand voice to help protect and maintain a healthy marine environment and do our best to help.” “At some point, you have to start like this. Do. And Cordoba seems to be a real opportunity.”
“Cordova is pushing it hard,” said Nicole Baker of Net Your Problem who helped establish the Grundéns connection. Baker is a former Bering Sea fisheries observer. Since 2017, he has helped Alaska launch a fishing gear recycling program.
“The gillnet fleet is very well-developed and the purse seine is made of the same type of plastic, so these two gear types can be recycled together,” she added.
“Right now, this is only a small part of our entire series, but we seek to expand it to other projects, including severe weather equipment. This is something we truly believe in,” said Grundéns spokesperson Corey Lowe.
“We know the amount of ghost nets and plastic in the ocean, so whether it is us or our competitors, we hope that more plastic will enter the recycling supply chain. The whole industry has had a positive impact,” Lowe said.
He added: “I hope that when the fishermen buy from us in the future, think about it, my net is now hanging on my shoulder as a jacket or other things is cool.”
Grundéns now also uses 100% biodegradable packaging, called PLA, whose raw material is glucose derived from corn starch. It completely decomposes within a year. By June 2021, all products will be shipped in compostable ecological packaging.
“Grundéns encourages other brands to follow suit and increase the speed at which plastic bags are eliminated from the apparel supply chain,” a news report said.
Grundéns is also concerned about old fishing gear in Bristol Bay, and the district will discuss the funding application for Net Your Problem at a meeting on June 7.
Founder Nicole Baker said that the Regional Seafood Development Association, the Bristol Bay Economic Development Council and Grundéns have all made “preliminary commitments” to help cover the first-year recycling costs there.
She and team members will also be in Cordoba on June 8th and in Homer in mid-June to discuss projects there. They will go to Holland Port on June 18.
“We will work with the city government to sort the landfills, recycle them as much as possible, and promote the recycling of ships,” Baker said.
In southeastern Alaska, Haines’ recycling friends are collecting fishing nets, and Juno’s RecycleWorks is doing the same in Port Aurora. Baker said Kodiak is still receiving the trawl and “work is in progress” on other equipment.
“I hope these two forces can encourage fishermen and other companies to cooperate with us and start over,” she said.
Baker is conducting a survey to estimate the number of fishing gear available for recycling in Alaska, and said that “except for one fisherman, every fisherman said that they think recycling is a better fishing gear option than landfills.”
She added that the question is “how do we pay for it. Do our values and ethics fit our budget and the cost of other alternatives?”
Net Your Problem is one of the 10 finalists in the global “Search for Solutions” competition, which seeks to find solutions related to plastic pollution that relies on behavior change.
It is sponsored by the Behavior and Environment Center, and the winner will receive a $25,000 grant. Project supporters can vote once a day until June 11.
Dutch Harbor easily retained the title of the country’s largest fishing port, and Naknek ranked second in terms of dollars passing through the dock and salmon overturning lobster to become the most valuable fish in the United States.
These are some of the highlights of the 2019 U.S. Fisheries Report by the Department of Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It also covers almost all the fish trade in the ocean, mariculture and other content, and is equipped with color graphics.
In the second opening game of Copper River on May 20, New Peter Pan Seafood bought sockeye salmon at a price of US$12.60 per pound and paid US$19.60 for the king, a record high. Jon Hickman, Peter Pan’s vice president of operations, said: “Peter Pan’s leaders look forward to being the foundation of all fishermen, communities and markets.”
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Post time: Jun-03-2021