Tokyo advertising agency TBWA\Hakuhodo and plastics manufacturer Koushi Chemical Industry Co have created Shellmet, a hard hat made from discarded scallop shells and recycled plastic. More about Shellmet is a helmet for fishing workers made from waste scallop shells
São Paulo's Estudio Flume and architect German Nieva have designed a beach hut on Brazil's Jaguanum Island for fishermen to sell food during the day and store boats at night. More about Estudio Flume builds fisherman's kiosk with translucent roof on Brazil's Jaguanum Island
Architecture practice Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter and architect Mariana de Delás have hidden a hut next to a secluded lake in Norway with a layer of birch branches. More about Branches disguise a secluded hideaway next to a Norwegian lake
A picturesque lake in Hampshire, England, is the setting for this fisherman's hut by Niall McLaughlin Architects, which can be opened up in summer and battened down in winter (+ slideshow). More about Niall McLaughlin's Hampshire Fishing Hut folds open to allow views right through
Engineering student Alejandro Plasencia has created biodegradable fishing nets and tracking tags for fishermen to help stop aquatic mammals getting trapped in lost trawling equipment (+ movie). More about Biodegradable fishing nets could prevent sea mammal deaths
News: a trawler fishing net that filters out young and endangered fish from the catch has won this year's James Dyson Award for students working on innovative engineering solutions. More about Sustainable fishing net wins James Dyson Award
Royal College of Art student Dan Watson has designed a trawling net that filters young and endangered fish from the catch. More about SafetyNet by Dan Watson