Mr. Joel Baziuk

Associate Director

Global Ghost Gear Initiative

Joel has participated in numerous technical working groups concerning lost and abandoned fishing gear including the Aquaculture Stewardship Council Technical Advisory Group - Marine Litter and Gear Management and an IUCN-led working group on development of a position paper on EPR for fishing gear. During his tenure as Operations Supervisor for Steveston Harbour Authority, Canada’s largest commercial fishing harbour, Joel started an end-of-life net recycling program to find a sustainable way to dispose of end-of-life fishing nets. In 3 years, this program managed to recycle some 75,000 kg of end-of-life nets.