Our Materials & Process
From net
From net
to frame.
Every frame in the Sea Shepherd collection is made with reclaimed fishing nets. Here is exactly what that material is, where it comes from, and how it is made. No mystery. No overstatement.
The Process
Net to pellet
Net to pellet
to frame.
01
Recover
End-of-life fishing nets are collected at the end of their working life, before they can be discarded and become ghost gear. Post-consumer nylon, kept out of landfill and out of the sea.
02
Recycle
The netting is mechanically recycled into polyamide (nylon) pellets in Taiwan. Mechanical recycling only. No chemical reprocessing.
03
Rebuild
Those recycled pellets are reinforced for durability and moulded into Melon frames by our manufacturing partner. Same Melon performance. New material.
Material Data
The material,
The material,
on the record.
Recycled Fishing-Net Nylon · Current as of June 2026
Material
Recycled post-consumer polyamide (nylon)
Source
End-of-life fishing nets
Recycling method
Mechanical
Region of origin
Taiwan
Certification
Global Recycled Standard (GRS)
15%
Of every purchase funds Sea Shepherd’s Ghostnet Campaign, recovering deadly ghost gear from our seas.