About the Founder
Why Second Tide started.
About the Founder
Built from something I couldn’t ignore.
Second Tide didn’t start as a business.
It started as something I saw once… and then started seeing everywhere.
The beginning
I didn’t think much of it at the time.
I was 16. Alone on a 48-hour solo during a kayak expedition at The Island School in Cape Eleuthera.
I built a hammock out of fishing lines, rope, and nets I found within arm’s reach.
It worked. That’s all I cared about.
Looking back, that’s what stuck with me — how much of it there was.
The realization
Then I started seeing it everywhere.
Jamaica. Other coastlines. Places I had been going my whole life.
Once you see it, you don’t stop seeing it.
Ghost gear isn’t rare. It’s constant.
Why I’m doing this
I grew up around the ocean.
Surfing. Diving. Traveling.
Being near the water has always been part of my life.
Most people see the ocean as something to use.
I see it as something that sustains life.
Ghost gear doesn’t just sit there. It keeps fishing — trapping marine life long after people stop paying attention.
The belief
This isn’t about profit.
It’s about stopping something that shouldn’t be happening.
Second Tide started in a social entrepreneurship class.
But it doesn’t belong in a classroom.
It’s early. But it’s real.
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