Marine trash: Diving team sets out on mission to pick up fishing gear

Fishing nets can be fatal for sea creatures of all kinds. Here, a net is placed in front of a fishing cutter on the quay in the historic fishing port of Neuharlingersiel. Photos: Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa

You need to hold on tight aboard the Gebruder, as the ship rocks in the North Sea swell as it journeys past the East Frisian Islands.

That's nothing compared to the currents below the surface, where divers from Ghost Diving Germany are on a mission to find fishing nets.