AWARD YEAR
2023
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Life Below Water
KEYWORDS
marine lives, machine, intertidal zone protection, rotary collector for abandoned fishing nets
COUNTRY
Taiwan
DESIGNED BY
Chuang, Yu-Chan
WEBSITE
http://epadesign.tw/
Spinnet
A machine that can help people pick up abandoned fishnets on the beach easily.
How does it work?
Connect Spinnet to the back of a ATV, and it could be carried to another place. As soon as the drill is put into the sand where the fishing net is, the power of the horizontal rotation of the drill can make the fishing net in the sand rolled up and carried stably. Finally, the drill can be taken off from the machine to remove the fishing net.
Why is it needed?
abandoned fishing nets are often left unattended, having done lots of harm to endangered marine lives. Moreover, fishing nets buried in the beach have considerable weight, so that many people are required to remove them. Therefore, Spinnet is helpful for the collection and transportation of abandoned fishing nets.
How does it improve life?
By picking up abandoned fishing nets on the beaches, the intertidal zone lives could be protected, and there would be less waste in the ocean. Not only that the beach could be cleaned, but also the marine lives would be saved. Life can finally got improved by taking away litter on the beaches andprotecting those lives below water.