Fishing nets sunk at the bottom of harbour in the Danish port of Hirtshals are part of a long-term evaluation of biodegradable static nets

In a project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the Danish Fisheries Agency, researchers from DTU Aqua have spent time at sea with local fishermen to test nets made of PBSAT polymer, a thermoplastic biodegradable plastic type, for cod and plaice fisheries, while the Norwegian-funded Dsolve project, led by UiT Norway’s Arctic University, is monitoring the decomposition time of fishing nets placed on the bottom of Hirtshals harbour.