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Support the Seal Response Team

Research has shown that an increasing number of seals in the Wadden Sea and North Sea are getting entangled in marine litter. Detached pieces of fishing nets and fishing lines are the main culprits. The three Dutch seal centers, Ecomare, Zeehondencentrum Pieterburen, and A Seal, want to help the entangled seals. For this purpose, they have set up the Seal Response Team. Will you help with a contribution? Thank you very much!

About the team 

Het Seal Response Team bestaat uit speciaal opgeleide en getrainde dierverzorgers en dierenartsen. Het bevrijden van een zeehond in de natuur is namelijk gevaarlijk en specialistisch werk. Doel is om een aantal keer per jaar uit te varen naar plekken waar eerder verstrikte zeehonden zijn gezien en deze dieren te bevrijden. Een zeehond die verstrikt zit is verminderd mobiel, waardoor de kans groot is dat hij wordt teruggevonden rond de plek van de melding.   

Cause

Of course, preventing entanglements is ideal. Unfortunately, fishing nets occasionally get snagged on underwater objects and become torn in the process. These accidents result in "ghost nets" in the sea. Fishermen who retrieve a piece of net and beach cleaners remove them from the system, as do the divers from "Dive the North Sea Clean". However, there is still plenty of debris left in the sea, leading to entanglement victims.  

Help

Would you like to help the entangled seals and support the Seal Response Team? You can do so by making a donation. Your contribution will be used for (capture) equipment, medications, and other expenses related to the sea operations. Together, we can give entangled seals their lives back. Thank you very much in advance!