TREE Foundation and HCLFoundation Clean Chennai Coastline of Ghost Nets

TREE Foundation's Sea Turtle Protection Force collected over 11,500 kilograms of abandoned or discarded fishing nets from the Chennai coast along the Neelankarai-to-Kovalam stretch over three months.

Since 2021, the initiative has engaged 411 fishers across 285 villages, incentivizing net retrieval with cash payments split between bank accounts for education and emergency needs.

Supported by partners like Royal Enfield and HCLFoundation, the program has safely released 974 marine animals and aims to recycle retrieved nets into shredded tiles.