Nets used to be brought to shore and left in landfill or discarded in the ocean - putting seals at risk.
For years the question of what to do with old fishing nets was a real headache.
Fishermen sometimes dumped them at sea, or they were brought to shore and discarded in landfill.
Now thanks to a scheme organised by Keep Britain Tidy, old fishing nets are for the first time being recycled here in the UK.