The SARETU project was born out of the commitment of science and industry to the proper management of fishing gear and responsible fishing practices. Our objective: to collect and recycle the tuna nets discarded and stored in the port of Seychelles, the home port for the fishing activity of the large Basque tuna vessels that fish in the Indian Ocean. A project promoted by the AZTI technology centre.
SARETU began its journey through the project, an initiative promoted by the Basque Government and coordinated by AZTI (with the collaboration of the ANABAC and OPAGAC fleet together with the spinning industry ANTEX, TERNUA GROUP and SEA2SE), whose aim was to help the sector to move towards a future within the circular economy.
Following the success of this initial phase and driven by the Bermeo Tuna World Capital Association, SARETU was created. The challenge of SARETU is to generate a circular management for the nets discarded by the tropical tuna freezer fleet in its main ports, and to transform them into a valuable resource that will benefit the sector and citizens through the circular economy.
With the collaboration of the Basque tuna fishing company Echebastar (supplying the project with disused nets), the AZTI technology centre (developing the pilot project), and TERNUA (processing and transforming the fishing nets into the final textile garments), this initiative also seeks to lay the foundations for the development of a local industry dedicated to gear recycling.
To this end, a system of collection, conditioning and recycling of discarded fishing nets has been implemented in order to produce for the first time 100% recycled nylon from discarded nets, from which the SARETU product line is made.
Once the purse-seine tuna nets have reached the end of their life cycle, they are discarded and stored at the main base ports of different oceans (Seychelles, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, etc).
The nets are recovered from these ports and are conditioned (washing and shredding) for recycling.
When conditioned, they are chemically recycled to convert them into SAREBIO pellets and yarn, products made of 100% discarded fishing nets.
The SARETU pellets have been used for the injection of plastic products. The SARETU yarn has been used to make fabrics. With the fabrics, the garment design and development processes begin.
These sunglasses made by Ternua-Sea2See and Loreak Mendian-Sea2See, are very high quality sunglasses that are made with SARETU chippings, composed of 100% recycled polyamide from fishing nets discarded by fishermen from Bermeo who fish in the Seychelles.
Dungarees developed for the practice of fishing and that take into account all the technical needs of fishermen. The fabric used for its manufacture is a waterproof and breathable Shelltec membrane, recycled from the disused fishing nets of Basque tuna fishing boats, which provides maximum protection during fishing activities.
Lightweight and comfortable, highly breathable, recommended for use in activities such as trekking, hiking, travel or urban use.
Versatile, comfortable and lightweight for use in activities such as trekking, hiking, travelling…
They are very versatile and suitable for any daily activity.
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