AHoy Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 From the BBC news website on 20/04/07 "The amount of litter on Britain's beaches has increased by more than 90% since 1994, says an annual survey. The Marine Conservation Society's (MCS) Beachwatch survey of 358 areas found an average of two items of litter for each metre (3.3ft) of beach. Individuals are the worst offenders, either for direct litter-dropping or wrongly flushing items, such as cotton buds, that end up on beaches. Fishing debris was another key source, accounting for about 11% of litter." Possible "official" response (seed of an opportunity): maybe there should be some way of raising revenue from the guilty parties to pay for the clear-up - how about licencing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Well no supirse there then re increase in litter How will they trace cotton buds back to the owners The police already struggle to solve anything other than motoring crimes Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Fishing debris.! This is an example of how poor English and the trend for brevity gives a totally false impression, and the result of the same incorrect assumption could be a stupid knee jerk reaction. SPORT fishing is not going to produce anything like the debris of........ COMMERCIAL fishing whos debris is evident on almost any beach in the country Yet it all gets lumped together as 'fishing'. More fuel for the save the gay green whale brigade to fire at our pastime! Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I have been guilty in the past being a litter bug, but I saw the light and am now a completely changed man.... When I'm on a chartered, it surprises me how many anglers are still litter bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHoy Posted April 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 There was quite a bit of comment on the WSF forum about beach anglers leaving unused bait and other rubbish on beach and other public areas - doesn't seem that uncommon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Interesting article I found which shows how long things take to degrade at sea. Aluminium Drinks can I would have thought would be quite fast but actually takes 80 to 200 years ! Mono fishing line - 600 years Commerical Netting - 30 to 40 years Untreated Plywood - 3 years Cotton Rope - 1 year Plastic Bag 10 - 20 years Food for thought. Also Cigarette butts are made out of a type of plastic which is deterimental to fish and 9% of beach debris is smoking related materials. Coastal Litter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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