Bas Poelmann started diving in 1993. After a career in teaching PADI, SSI, DAN and NAUI technical diving, Bas has been involved in removing discarded fishing nets from the North sea since 2008. From the start of the Ghostfishing foundation in 2012, Bas has been involved in this foundation and is now board member, and has contributed to ghost net removal missions in Germany, the Adriatic, Greece, Scotland and many in the Dutch North sea. Besides diving, Bas is full time sea survival and offshore safety instructor working for Falck in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.