September 2010 Project Report A summary about the documentary, Ghost In The . In cooperation with Baltic Sea 2020 Ghosts In the baltic sea Foundation

One of many lost nets in the Baltic Sea

REPORT SEPTEMBER 2010 We’ve been on Gotland, Öland in Simrishamn, Lysekil, Ljungskile, Ålebodarna. In we’ve been to , Sopot, Hel, Gdansk. Now we’re aiming for Lithuania.

Under the proposed plan we have there by the end of July to catch the managed to meet most of the good weather. It turns out we will not requirements outlined. be done abroad until the end of We have met with the exact range of September. people we were hoping to meet with, This is due to the difficulties we have such as, creative thinkers, fishermen, encountered in getting help in politicians, union officials, Poland. environmentalist and scientists. Nobody would return our mails, or We now have a rounded view of the was willing to help or be interviewed. subject covering many angles of the They said it was due to their documentary. experiences from Alla Torskar, which We have still to show it is a broad aroused their suspicions and made subject that is of importance to all them deffensive. countries connected to the Baltic After we found people who would at Sea. We will go to Lithuania next, least meet with us, but not be The film team inside the rolling office on the way to a which will help to close that gap in interviewed, we went to Poland. We job in Poland. the story. were able to explain how the Baltic In this photo from the left, Work, such as editing is going to Sea 2020 foundation works in a Joakim Odelberg, Emma Odelberg, begin earlier. We have a lot of footage positive way and that we were not Peter Isaksson to disseminate. We have decided to there to hurt the image of Poland, start the editing process now instead after which doors began to open and of in October as originally planned. we were able to get the footage and Going to Poland and Lithuania was/ interviews we needed. is delayed. We hoped to finish filming

[1] In short we are behind on location Wojciech Pelczarski – Deputy director shoots, but ahead on editing and of Sea Fisheries institute. – explains sorting out footage. why drift nets were banned. People we have met on the project: Wieslaw Blady - Proffesor – Did some ON LOCATION Jorgen Emanualsson - - General research on lost nets for fisheries opinion on marine state and talk with Lukasz Piorewicz – Technical deep coast guard diver – explains nets as hazard to Stefan Edman – Natural history and divers and what he has seen environmental writer – Poetic opinion Ania Piwoni – Oceanography student Andreas Carlgren – Minister of and researcher – her research views Environment – His view that this is a and wishes for a cleaner sea. minor problem P.O. Larsson – Scientist - Ghost net Near future Plans: head researcher – All statistics come The next plan is to get footage from from this report the Swedish archipelagos, and go to Fredrik Noren – Chemical scientist – Lithuania to meet with our scientific Marine polution and political contacts. We will also Thorgrim – Fisherman – Wants to collect more underwater footage to bring up ghost nets show the beauty of the ocean in Seppo & Maj-britt – Fishermen and temperate zones. head of small fisheries body We will edit and disseminate Henning - Fisherman collected footage. Janne – Fisherman – commercial – Start to put clips together to form the his opinion story. Vesa – Scientists – ghost net Go back out into the field if we need research to get particular clips we don't have Ulrika & Per – Fisherwoman often already. fishing for lost nets Maybe employ and animator to help Krzysztof Skora – Director of Hel the story with diagrams. marine station – Environmentalist – We will start music recording at the knows about ghost nets and seals end of September. and harbour porpioses.

A cod meeting it’s death in a ghost net

A few people we’ve met Joakim Odelberg, Deputy Director Wojciech Pelczarski & Prof Wieslaw Blady of Sea Fisheries Inst. of Gdynia.

Prof UG,dr hab. Krzysztof Skóra, Joakim Odelberg

Environmental Minister of , Andreas Carlgren, Joakim Odelberg

Photo: Emma W Odelberg

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