UN SDG 14 · Life Below Water
Making the Invisible Ocean Crisis Visible
Ghost fishing gear — lost or abandoned nets, lines, and traps — keeps killing marine life for decades. Bay Sentinel maps where it is so coastal communities can clear it.
The funding gap
< 1% of global climate funding reaches SDG 14
Despite oceans covering 70% of our planet, Life Below Water remains the most underfunded Sustainable Development Goal.
70%
Ocean coverage
640k t
Ghost gear / yr
17
SDGs
How it works
A simple loop — built for the coast
Three steps, anyone with a phone can take part.
1
Report It
Fishermen and residents drop a pin where they spot lost gear.
2
Track It
Reports cluster on a live map, revealing hotspots over time.
3
Clean It Up
NGOs and fisheries teams target retrieval where it matters most.
See the live map of ghost gear
The map is empty today — be one of the first to pin a sighting along Bangladesh's coast.