The fishermen of Santa Margherita go fishing for plastic in the sea

Santa Margherita Ligure – There is an imaginary route that unites the port of Santa Margherita Ligure at the Guanabara Bay to Rio and at mangrove in Benoa in Indonesia: starting in 2020 with the first “Santa” fishing boats, Ogyre involved 90 fishermen from 3 continents by launching an ocean cleaning campaign which has today allowed the recovery of over 500,000 kg of marine waste.

For Ogyre, the Italian start-up born in Liguria on the initiative of a surfer and a sailor, committed to preserving the ocean with the support of partners such as Bureau Veritas, yesterday took on an important symbolic value: on the “Santa ” four years ago the first fishing boats had bet on the ability to drag “colleagues” even in distant countries such as Brazil and Indonesia, uniting them, with a domino effect, in a “Fishing for Litter” mission. Yesterday this bet, remembered by Ogyre and Bureau Veritas right on Port pier of the Pearl of Tigulliocan be considered won: the formula that combines professional fishing and cleaning the seas is a winning one and can be replicated.

“And for Bureau Veritas Italia – we read in a note – the partnership with Ogyre – promoted by the Marine & Offshore division – fits perfectly into the framework of the environmental and social objectives that, as a Benefit Company, have been formally included in the company’s Statute since 2022”.